Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Floods in Indonesia’s Capital Displace Thousands, Shut Factories
Mar 5 2025 // Torrential rain triggered heavy flooding in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and nearby cities, affecting more than 60,000 people and shutting down shops and factories. At least 1,500 people were displaced by heavy...
Why People Rebuild in Appalachia’s Flood-Ravaged Areas Despite Risks
Feb 27 2025 // On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia. Over the course of a few days, residents in eastern Kentucky watched as river levels rose and surpassed flood levels. Emergency teams...
NormanMax Agrees to Purchase Parametric Flood Specialist MGA, FloodFlash
Feb 26 2025 // NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the Miami-based provider of parametric re/insurance solutions, has agreed to acquire FloodFlash, the parametric flood managing general agent, subject to regulatory...
Virginia Governor Seeks Major Disaster Declaration for Winter Storm Floods
Feb 18 2025 // Citing damages and outages caused by dangerous winter storms and flash flooding across parts of Buchanan County and elsewhere over the past week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has submitted a request for an expedited...
At Least 8 Killed in Kentucky With Heavy Flooding, Winds in Region
Feb 18 2025 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least nine people have died in the most recent round of harsh weather to pummel the U.S., including eight people in Kentucky who died as creeks swelled from heavy rain and water covered...
Texas Braces for Freezing Weather With Wildfire and Flood Risks
Feb 18 2025 // Several varieties of extreme weather are forecast for Texas this week as state officials monitor rising wildfire risks in West Texas and possible flash flooding in East Texas before frigid cold settles in across the state...
Update: FEMA to Borrow $2B to Pay Flood Claims After Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Feb 13 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. FEMA, administrator of NFIP, said it expects to pay out...
Tornadoes Kill 2, Injure 3 in East Tennessee, With Flooding in WV, Kentucky
Feb 10 2025 // WARTBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Two tornadoes moved through eastern Tennessee, leaving a mother and daughter dead and injuring three other people, officials said Friday. A mother and daughter from the same household were killed...
Valencia Floods Prompt Race for Funds to Boost Spain’s Climate Resilience
Feb 7 2025 // Spain is seeking European approval to repurpose more than a billion euros of post-pandemic recovery funds to make Valencia more resilient against climate change after the Mediterranean region suffered catastrophic heavy...
Aon, Floodbase, Swiss Re Team on Parametric Storm Surge Solution for US Hurricane
Feb 5 2025 // Aon plc said it has launched a new parametric insurance solution designed to address and mitigate commercial losses from hurricane-related storm surge along the coast of the U.S. Developed with parametric flood insurance...
UK Commits £2.65 Billion to Tackle Rising Flood Risk
Feb 5 2025 // The UK will spend £2.65 billion ($3.31 billion) on flood defenses to protect homes from the growing risks posed by climate-fueled storms and rainfall, according to a government announcement on Tuesday. The investment on...
California Faces Mudslide Threat From Flooding Rains After Wildfires
Feb 4 2025 // Weeks after wildfires that killed at least 29 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Southern California is facing another extreme-weather threat: Too much rain. After drenching the northern part of the state, a...
Australia Urges Residents in Northeast to Evacuate on Flood Risk
Feb 3 2025 // Australian officials urged residents in the northeastern city of Townsville and adjacent areas to evacuate as torrential rains raised the risk of a flood disaster in the area. Some parts of the north in Queensland state...
Floods in France Force Evacuations and Cut Power to Homes
Jan 31 2025 // Flooding caused by Storm Herminia forced the evacuation of thousands of people in northwest France, while hundreds of homes remain without power. Back-to-back storms — Éowyn followed by Herminia — have triggered the...
Australia Braces for Life-Threatening Floods as Six Storms Brew
Jan 31 2025 // Six storms around Australia and its territories are expected to strengthen in the coming days, with one system likely to trigger life-threatening flooding in the nation’s north and three others with at least a...
Flood-Prone New Zealand Says It Needs to Adapt to Climate Extremes
Jan 30 2025 // New Zealand plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year that will create a framework to help communities and businesses adapt to the impacts of climate change. The law will establish guiding principles and...
Storm Triggers Worst Floods in 40 Years in Northwest France
Jan 28 2025 // Storm Herminia triggered the worst flooding in four decades in parts of northwest France and created dangerous avalanche conditions in the Alps. In Brittany, hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in the...
Connecticut Resiliency Plan Includes Flood Insurance, History Notification Mandate
Jan 22 2025 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont is proposing legislation aimed at improving the state’s resilience in the face of severe weather events, including requiring expanded notification to homeowners and renters of the...
Insurance 101: Do Your Clients Know the Difference Between Homeowners Insurance and Flood Insurance this Hurricane Season?
Jan 22 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The 2024 hurricane season just wrapped, officially ending on Nov. 30, 2024, with two major storms making news and breaking records as of this writing (Hurricanes Helene...
FEMA Transfers $758M in US Flood Program Risk to 27 Private Reinsurers
Jan 21 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said its reinsurance renewal for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) included the transfer of nearly $758 million to the private market through the use of 27...
