Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CoreLogic Adds Probabilistic Flood Model to Risk Management Program
Sep 25 2015 // CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, has released an expanded version of its natural catastrophe risk management program, which features a probabilistic flood model...
Texas Goes From Drought to Flood to Drought in 60 Days
Sep 23 2015 // Across eastern Texas, parts of Louisiana and Mississippi the land went from moist to parched in a matter of weeks. Drought, which had been eradicated in Texas last spring, returned and spread across the South, reaching as...
Why Now Is Time to Privatize Flood Insurance: A Candid Conversation with Hiscox USA CEO Walter
Sep 21 2015 // The private insurance industry is ready and anxious to take on flood risk, and politicians should reform the federal program now to take advantage of this interest, according to the U.S. executive of a leading specialty...
Marsh’s Torrent Technologies Launches New Excess Flood Policy
Sep 18 2015 // Torrent Technologies, Inc., a Marsh company, in coordination with Torrent’s Write-Your-Own (WYO) carriers participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), has the availability of a new excess flood...
FEMA Extends Deadline for Requesting Sandy Claims Review to Oct. 15
Sep 16 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a 30-day deadline extension for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who are considering requesting Superstorm Sandy-related payment reviews. The...
Underinsurance of Property Is Growing Global Challenge: Swiss Re Report
Sep 15 2015 // The underinsurance of property risk – particularly natural catastrophe risks – has risen steadily over the past 40 years, even though claims payments have increased significantly during that period, according to Swiss...
Report: Florida Cities Most Vulnerable to Storm Surge
Sep 15 2015 // Four of the top eight cities most vulnerable to a major storm surge are located in Florida, according to a new report released by Karen Clark & Company (KCC). The 2015 “Most Vulnerable U.S. Cities to Storm Surge...
Why Now Is Time to Privatize Flood Insurance: a Candid Conversation with Hiscox USA CEO Walter
Sep 14 2015 // The private insurance industry is ready and anxious to take on flood risk, and politicians should reform the federal program now to take advantage of this interest, according to the U.S. executive of a leading specialty...
North Carolina Town to Challenge Federal Flood Maps
Sep 14 2015 // Officials in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., plan to challenge new federal flood plain maps in a move that could save some residents thousands of dollars in insurance premiums. The StarNews of Wilmington reports the town’s...
Japan Flooding After Record Rains Leaves 3 Dead, 23 Missing
Sep 11 2015 // Three people died and 23 were missing in floods after record rains burst the banks of two rivers in Japan in two days, public broadcaster NHK said. The Shibuigawa river in Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the record 2011...
Heavy Rains Cause Floods in Japan; Thousands Evacuated; Fukushima Leak
Sep 10 2015 // A city near Tokyo declared a state of emergency and ordered thousands of residents to evacuate after torrential rain caused severe flooding. The storm caused contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to...
Flood Zone Expansion Could Raise Insurance Costs for Some Coloradans
Sep 8 2015 // New research shows floods like the one that ransacked northern Colorado two years ago, killing 10 people, might be more common than previously thought _ and that could require more homeowners to get flood insurance and...
Pittsburgh’s $375K Settlement Offer Leaves Chrysler Alone in Flash-Flood Suit
Sep 4 2015 // The city of Pittsburgh’s recent decision to pay $375,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by families of four people killed in flash flooding leaves Chrysler as the remaining defendant. The Pennsylvania Department of...
Local Conn. Businesses Are Told to Plan Ahead, Prepare for Next Big Storm
Sep 3 2015 // A Category 3 hurricane with forces not seen in Eastern Connecticut for nearly 100 years barrels into the mouth of the Connecticut River. Roads are blocked by downed trees and utility lines. Power is expected to be out for...
Homes, Vehicles Flooded in Sioux Falls
Aug 31 2015 // More than half a foot of rain fell in parts of Sioux Falls, S.D., leading to flash flooding that inundated basements, stranded dozens of motorists and cut electricity to thousands of homes. Mayor Mike Huether said...
Louisiana’s Bayou Chene to Get Permanent Flood Control Structure
Aug 27 2015 // Funds from the settlement over BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 will be used to construct a permanent flood control structure in Bayou Chene. The Courier reports the structure will protect St. Mary and several...
Plagued by Drought, California Prepares For El Niño Storms
Aug 27 2015 // While drought-plagued California is eager for rain, the forecast of a potentially Godzilla-like El Niño event has communities clearing out debris basins, urging residents to stock up on emergency supplies and even talking...
10 Years Post-Katrina New Orleans Rises but Gaps Remain
Aug 25 2015 // As people search for words to describe New Orleans’ recovery a decade after Hurricane Katrina, they sometimes use words verging on the Biblical — an economic and cultural resurrection, a rising from the...
New FEMA Maps for Central Texas Expand Flood Plains
Aug 24 2015 // Hundreds of Central Texas residents could be forced to buy flood insurance or face stricter building regulations for new structures nearly three months after deadly flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has...
4 Years After Irene, Long-Term Rebuilding Projects Nearing End in Vermont
Aug 24 2015 // The first new building at the still under-reconstruction Vermont State office complex in Waterbury is now occupied by state employees and more are due back before the end of the year. Down Main Street, a new town office...
