Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Flood Insurance Claims Underpayments Not Widespread: Senate Study
Jun 22 2015 // The U.S. government’s appeals process for reviewing flood insurance claim disputes is riddled with flaws, but there is no evidence of systematic underpayments by insurers to flood victims, an investigation by U.S....
Remnants of Tropical Storm Bill Headed for the Midwest
Jun 18 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center. That doesn’t...
Louisiana, Oklahoma Face Deadlines for Flood Insurance Claims
Jun 18 2015 // Insurance regulators in Louisiana and Oklahoma are are encouraging folks with flood insurance policies to file claims from recent flooding in those states as soon as possible. FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program...
One Dead as Tropical Depression Bill Batters Texas
Jun 17 2015 // Though Tropical Storm Bill has been downgraded to a tropical depression, as it moves across Texas its heavy rains are flooding streets and have left at least one person dead in the state where severe weather killed about...
Tropical Storm Bill Makes Landfall in Texas with 60 MPH Winds
Jun 16 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill came ashore on the Texas mainland this morning near Seadrift, packing heavy rains that will drop as much as 10 inches along the coast. Bill’s winds were 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour, up from...
N.J. Sen. Menendez Warns of Predatory Groups Targeting Sandy Victims
Jun 16 2015 // U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is urging Sandy victims to be wary of scam-artists offering to help them navigate through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Louisiana Farmers, Ranchers Face ‘Total Loss’ from Flooding
Jun 15 2015 // It will be weeks, perhaps months, before it’s known how much damage the recent flooding from the Red River has done to Louisiana’s agriculture industry. James Wagley, Natchitoches Parish president for Louisiana...
Storm Brewing Over Yucatan Peninsula Threatens Texas and Louisiana
Jun 15 2015 // The Atlantic’s second storm of the year may be developing over the Yucatan Peninsula, with the potential to reach Texas and Louisiana and flood Houston for the second time in a month. Thunderstorms moving northwest...
Texas’ Watershed Dams Saved Estimated $40M in Flood Damage Costs
Jun 15 2015 // While May’s rains brought much needed drought relief across Texas, the torrential downpours in many instances washed out roads and bridges, stranded motorists and took the lives of a reported 27 Texans. A significant...
Oklahoma, Texas Assessing Damage from Violent May Weather
Jun 15 2015 // Even though it meant the commencement of hurricane season, weather-beleaguered Texans are likely pleased that May 2015 has come and gone. Both Texas and Oklahoma were pelted during the month of May with all kinds of...
Homes, Farmland Underwater in Louisiana as Red River Floods
Jun 12 2015 // Flooding from the swelling Red River put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for...
Philadelphia Insurance Acquires Allen J. Flood Companies in New York
Jun 12 2015 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer for niche markets, announced its acquisition of all outstanding shares of The Allen J....
From Drought to Flood-The Sudden Exchange of One Hazard for Another in Texas
Jun 11 2015 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Amongst Texans, nearly every conversation about weather over the last several years has focused on the ongoing drought that has resulted in water supply shortages and...
Construction of 2 Flood Barriers in Iowa City Almost Finished
Jun 10 2015 // Workers are finishing up two multimillion dollar flood barriers in Iowa City even as residents welcome a break from flooding that has hit the area in past years. Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict a less...
Red River Floods Louisiana Neighborhoods, Parks and Roads
Jun 8 2015 // A rising Red River covered streets and, in some instances, entered homes in northwestern Louisiana on June 6. The Red was more than five feet above its 30-foot flood stage in Shreveport and was expected to crest there on...
Insurance Crime Bureau: Up to 10,000 Vehicles Impacted in Texas Floods
Jun 5 2015 // The recent flooding in Texas means the end of the road for an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles that suffered water damage, National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). That’s the current estimate from Copart, a...
May U.S. Storm, Tornado Claims over $1Bn: Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting
Jun 4 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has released its latest Global Catastrophe Recap report for the month of May. The report highlights the “powerful thunderstorms” that...
Exec’s Parting Shot: Flood Insurance Program Is a ‘Melting Iceberg’
Jun 3 2015 // The outgoing director of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) says the program is a “melting iceberg” that is incapable of properly managing its various players including the private insurance carriers...
Texas Pounded by Weather Extremes in May
Jun 2 2015 // Even though it means the commencement of hurricane season, weather-beleaguered Texans are likely pleased that May 2015 has come and gone. Texas was pelted during the month of May with all kinds of violent and deadly...
Iowans Say High Flood insurance Costs Hinder Home Sales
Jun 2 2015 // The high price of flood insurance can make it difficult for some Iowa residents to sell their homes. The Quad-City Times reports Duane Randleman has been trying to sell for a year-and-a-half and showed his house to more...
