Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bangkok Braces for Floods; Deaths, Economic Toll Rise
Oct 21 2011 // Thailand battled to protect the capital Bangkok from being swamped by water on Friday, with canals full to the brim after devastating floods across the region that sources in neighbouring Myanmar said had killed at least...
Senators Oppose Flood Insurance Requirement on Properties Near Levees
Oct 19 2011 // Two senators are pressing to remove a federal requirement that homeowners and businesses near levees and dams purchase flood insurance. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) have launched an effort to...
Flood Damage Underestimated; Better Risk Prevention Needed: Allianz
Oct 19 2011 // Floods are the most commonly occurring natural catastrophes in the world and insurance companies are using science to better predict risks, yet most people underestimate flooding’s destructive power, German insurer...
Drought, Flooding Cause Hard Times for Farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana
Oct 18 2011 // In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped farms in the Midwest, one of the worst places to be a farmer may be just west of the Mississippi...
Bermuda Re/Insurers Announce Q3 Cat Loss Estimates
Oct 17 2011 // A number of Bermuda-based re/insurers have announced their respective loss estimates for the third quarter of 2011. The figures given include loss adjustment expenses, and are net of any applicable reinsurance recoveries,...
Thailand: Bangkok Escape Floods as Waters Recede
Oct 17 2011 // The government expressed confidence Sunday that Bangkok will escape Thailand’s worst flooding in decades, as the capital’s elaborate barriers held strong and floodwaters receded from submerged plains to the...
Federal Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Nov. 18
Oct 17 2011 // The U.S. House of Representatives in early October passed legislation that keeps the federal flood insurance program running until Nov. 18, 2011. The House voted 352-66 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program...
Dramatize Your Agency’s Flood Insurance Promotions
Oct 17 2011 // Use ‘Flooded Photos’ to Creatively Market Flood Policies No matter what we mere humans do, nature does whatever she wants, whenever she wants. All we can do is pick up the pieces and rebuild from the...
Kentucky Mining Company Sued Over Flooding Death, Damage
Oct 14 2011 // A lawsuit filed by residents in southeastern Kentucky blames a mining company’s surface mining practices for stoking a flood that killed a man and damaged homes in Knox County this summer. The suit against Nally...
AIR Estimates Insured Losses from Hurricane Jova at Less than $52 Million
Oct 14 2011 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, estimates that insured losses caused by Hurricane Jova from flood-induced damage, as well as from some isolated wind damage along Mexico’s southern coastal areas, will be...
AIR Analyzes Jova Damages
Oct 13 2011 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s Dr. Tim Doggett, even though hurricane Jova has weakened to a tropical depression, it’s still capable of causing further damage. “Jova’s slow...
UPDATE: Hurricane Jova Hits Mexican Port; Kills Four; Mudslides in Central America
Oct 13 2011 // Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico’s main Pacific port with torrential rain Wednesday, inundating popular beach resorts and killing at least four people in mudslides. While Jova ravaged the coast, a...
Honda’s Thai Production Underwater as Floods Hit Japan Firms
Oct 12 2011 // Honda Motor Co said its Thai plant remains underwater as flooding in the center of the country worsens, closing down 4.7 percent of its global output in a disaster that is hammering other Japanese firms that have made the...
Category 3 Hurricane Jova Targets Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Oct 11 2011 // Hurricane Jova bore down on the Pacific coast of Mexico Tuesday threatening to pound one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with destructive waves, heavy rainfall and flooding. The Category 3...
Thailand Races to Defend Bangkok from Floods
Oct 11 2011 // Thailand raced on Tuesday to build floodwalls on the outskirts of Bangkok to prevent the worst floods in half a century from inundating parts of the capital later this week when water flowing from the north reaches the...
Mississippi Homeowners Sign Up for Flood Buyouts
Oct 7 2011 // Eighteen north Vicksburg homeowners who suffered damage from the Mississippi River flooding this spring have signed up for the city’s buyout program. The Vicksburg Post reported the voluntary buyout will be conducted...
Aon Benfield Reports Asia Monsoon Economic Losses near $7 Billion
Oct 7 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during...
Federal Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Nov. 18
Oct 4 2011 // The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation that keeps the government – and the federal flood insurance program– running until Nov. 18, 2011. The House vote (352-66) extends the National Flood...
2011 Sets New Record for Federal Disaster Declarations
Oct 3 2011 // The year 2011 will go down as a record-setting year when it comes to federal disaster declarations, industry analysts say. With another three months left in 2011, and hurricane season continues until November 30, the...
North Dakota Flood Disaster Aid Nears $350M
Oct 3 2011 // Officials say nearly $350 million in federal and state disaster assistance has now been obligated to North Dakotans for this spring’s flooding. By Sept. 29, 10,178 people had registered with the Federal Emergency...
