Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Reno Facing Decision on Creation of Flood Agency
Feb 3 2011 // Fourteen years after being hit by flooding, Reno, Nev., elected officials appear split on a plan to create a multi-jurisdictional flood control management authority. The Reno Gazette-Journal reported that while Washoe...
Flood-ravaged Queensland Braces for Tropical Cyclone Yasi
Feb 1 2011 // Just as TC Anthony dissipated over Queensland the flood ravaged State received a warning that another tropical cyclone is heading its way. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Cyclone Yasi was “about...
Queensland Hit by TC Anthony, Perth by TC Bianca – RMS Report
Feb 1 2011 // Tropical Cyclone Anthony made landfall over the coast of the Australian State of Queensland on Sunday, close to the town of Bowen, and approximately 275 miles (440 kms) southeast of Cairns. An analysis of the storm from...
Chubb Reports Q4, 2010 Results; Expects Australia Flood Losses
Jan 28 2011 // The Chubb Corp. reported that net income in the fourth quarter of 2010 was $620 million, compared to $695 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, net income was $2.2 billion, the same as in...
Insurance Council of Australia Takes New Initiatives in Wake of Floods
Jan 28 2011 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has reacted quickly to the disastrous flooding in the State of Queensland earlier this month with two new initiatives aimed at “developing a more effective and sustainable...
Australia Imposes New Tax to Fund Flood Recovery
Jan 27 2011 // Australia’s minority Labor government imposed a reconstruction tax and cut environmental spending on Thursday to help fund the recovery from this month’s devastating floods, and immediately ran into opposition...
North Dakota Residents Urged to Prepare for Red River Floods
Jan 26 2011 // Fargo officials told residents this week that they need to start preparing soon for what’s expected to be a third straight year of major spring flooding along the Red River. ‘I don’t think anybody is...
Judge Rules Barge Did Not Cause Katrina Flooding in New Orleans
Jan 25 2011 // A federal judge has ruled that a barge that landed on top of several homes in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans did not cause the floodwall to break during Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. of New...
Corps Study Shows Higher Flows on Des Moines River
Jan 25 2011 // The Des Moines River in Iowa is rising higher and more often, which means floods like those that swamped the city in 1993 and 2008 are more likely to occur again than experts had previously estimated, according to a study...
Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
Jan 24 2011 // River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of...
Australian Flood Crisis Could Continue for 10 More Days
Jan 24 2011 // A vast lake created by floodwaters will spread across southeastern Australia and threaten rural towns in its path for up to 10 more days, an official said Saturday as the nation’s flood crisis continued to create...
Rising Rivers Swamp Another Australian Town
Jan 21 2011 // A surging river Thursday flooded and isolated the latest community hit in Australia’s deadly flood disaster, straining a levee serving as the main protection between the muddy waters and residents’ homes. The...
Likelihood of Major Flooding on Midwest’s Red River Rises
Jan 20 2011 // The likelihood of significant Red River flooding has risen in North Dakota and Minnesota, the National Weather Service said in its latest outlook for the river that has overflowed the past two springs and sent officials...
At Least 207 Missing in Brazil Floods; 741 Dead
Jan 20 2011 // At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil’s worst landslides in decades, authorities said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741. The list of missing people...
Barclays Warns Reinsurers at Risk from $6 Billion Australia Flood Insured Losses
Jan 19 2011 // Insured losses from the recent flooding in Australia could top $6 billion, and earnings estimates for Bermudan reinsurers are at risk as a result, Barclays Capital said Tuesday. Barclays analyst Jay Gelb cited early...
Australia Floods Could be Costliest Natural Disaster Ever
Jan 18 2011 // Floods that ravaged Australia’s northeast and swamped a major city could be the country’s most expensive natural disaster ever, the government said Monday. Flooding inundated new areas in the south Monday,...
Mississippi Counties Oppose New Flood Insurance Maps
Jan 18 2011 // Two counties in the northeastern part of Mississippi are fighting flood zone designations on new maps that are part of a modernization program spearheaded by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Officials in...
Report: California’s ‘Other Big One’ Could Cause $300B in Damages
Jan 14 2011 // California could be subject to a powerful series of storms, capable of costing $300 billion in damages — three times as much as a severe earthquake in the southern part of the state, according to a new report by the...
Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
Jan 14 2011 // River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of...
Brazil Flood Death Toll Rising; Roads, Houses Destroyed
Jan 14 2011 // Rescue workers dug for survivors Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 482 people in one of Brazil’s deadliest natural disasters in decades. Torrents of mud...
