Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Family Killed When Tree Falls on Car in Flooding in East Tennessee
Aug 14 2025 // Heavy rain led to flooding around Chattanooga, Tennesse, where a family of three was killed when a tree fell on their car early Wednesday morning. News reports indicated that saturated ground caused the large tree to fall...
Along Texas’ Guadalupe River, Several Summer Camps Are in Flood Zones
Aug 13 2025 // The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River built on land prone to...
Wisconsin Severe Storms Cause Flooding, Knock Out Power
Aug 12 2025 // Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and...
Texas Homeowners Question Whether to Rebuild After Floods
Aug 12 2025 // Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, an unincorporated town on the banks of the Guadalupe River where they’d camp, swim, and fish. Sometimes they caught so many...
Why Experts Say States Need to Get in the Business of Floodplain Buyouts
Aug 8 2025 // As flooding becomes an increasingly common and destructive feature of Texas life, housing experts are calling for the creation of a statewide, voluntary buyout program to move residents out of the most high-risk areas. The...
Neptune Flood: 77% of At-Risk Homes Outside FEMA Zones Have No Flood Insurance
Aug 7 2025 // Many homeowners underestimate their flood risk, leaving millions uninsured or underinsured in the face of a rising tide of flood events. A 2025 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (FRBP) found 70% of annual...
Texas House Members Discuss Flood-Related Bills Despite Standstill
Aug 6 2025 // Texas House members on a special committee for disaster preparedness met Tuesday to discuss for the first time specific bills filed in response to the deadly Central Texas flooding. The hearing included bills that would...
Hartford Flood Relief Program Gets $4.7 Million More to Meet Demand
Aug 6 2025 // Connecticut has approved $4.7 million in new funding for a program that helps homeowners, businesses and tenants in the city of Hartford’s neighborhoods recover from flooding. The Hartford Flood Compensation &...
Flood Relief, THC Regulation in Limbo After House Democrats Leave Texas
Aug 5 2025 // After dozens of Democratic Texas House members fled the state on Sunday to deny Republicans the quorum they need to pass new congressional maps aimed at securing more GOP seats, many other bills are now at risk of...
Beijing Faces More Torrential Rainfall Days After Deadly Floods
Aug 4 2025 // Beijing is getting drenched by another round of heavy rain, one week after torrential downpours across parts of the Chinese capital unleashed flooding that claimed at least 44 lives. The city’s meteorological service...
South Africa Is Considering Flood Insurance for Large Cities
Aug 4 2025 // South Africa is studying whether some of its largest cities should take out flood insurance after a series of disasters in recent years led to bailouts from the government. The insurance being considered is parametric, a...
NY and NJ Flash Flood Threats Recede as Weather Stabilizes
Aug 1 2025 // Thunderstorms disrupted New York City transit and inundated roads just as workers started their the home-bound commute Thursday, but conditions were improving into the night and Friday morning commuters can likely expect...
Kerrville Officials’ Messages Show Lack of Information About Coming Floods
Aug 1 2025 // As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and...
Cotality Estimates $1.1B in Damage to Residential Buildings from Central Texas Floods
Jul 30 2025 // Cotality estimates that the recent Central Texas flash floods caused $1.1 billion in damage to residential buildings, with the National Flood Insurance Program providing as much as $135 million in insurance recoveries to...
FEMA Chief Calls Texas Floods Response ‘A Model’ For Dealing With Disaster
Jul 25 2025 // The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people earlier this month. “I can’t...
FEMA Denies Maryland Disaster Aid Request for Western Counties Hit by May Floods
Jul 25 2025 // The Trump Administration has denied Maryland’s request for federal disaster aid for damage caused by severe storms and flooding on May 13 and 14 in Allegany and Garrett Counties in the western part of the state. Gov....
Long-Standing Problems Led Up to Deadly Texas Floods, Lawmakers Told
Jul 24 2025 // No minimum qualifications for local emergency management coordinators. No easy way to know if local officials are getting weather warnings. Difficulty getting all first responders on the same radio communication...
European Heat Wave Gives Way to Violent Storms and Flooding
Jul 22 2025 // Severe storms are triggering flooding in parts of Europe following weeks of extreme heat, while temperatures on the Italian island of Sicily climb to 44C (111F). A powerful low-pressure system delivered heavy precipitation...
Camp Mystic Deaths After Floods Darken a Cherished Texas Tradition
Jul 22 2025 // Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent his daughters there, Laura Bush worked there as a counselor years before becoming First Lady, and...
Missing Persons Count From Texas Floods Down to 3
Jul 21 2025 // More than two weeks after catastrophic July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, authorities reported Saturday that nearly all of the people who had remained on the list of missing persons have been...
