Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Gulf Region Property Markets Still Troubled 5 Years After Katrina
Nov 1 2010 // Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance,...
Gulf Region Property Markets Still Troubled 5 Years After Katrina
Nov 1 2010 // Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance,...
ABI Expresses ‘Disappointment” on UK Gov’t. Plans to Cut Flood Funds
Oct 26 2010 // The newly installed UK government has been announcing cutbacks in all sectors of the economy in order to bring down Britain’s budget deficit. The cuts will effect investment in flood defense spending as well. Nick...
Colorado Revising Flood Plain Rules
Oct 26 2010 // The staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is backing off a suggested flood plain rule that could have further limited where new hospitals, police stations and other critical facilities could be built. The board is...
Flood Grants Available for Cedar Rapids Businesses
Oct 21 2010 // Businesses affected by the historic flooding during 2008 now have access to more grant money to pay for inventory and equipment losses. The Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce said that the state of Iowa has raised the...
Home, Flood Insurance Markets Still Troubled 5 Years After Katrina
Oct 20 2010 // Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance,...
Some Rezoned Flood Insurance Policyholders Get Price Break
Oct 18 2010 // The nation’s flood insurance program is extending the availability of lower cost policies for some property owners who have been recently remapped into higher-priced areas. Since 2008, many homes and businesses in...
Flood News
Oct 18 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Developer Wants to Save Flooded Neighborhood in Cedar Rapids
Oct 15 2010 // A developer is trying a last-ditch effort to save the flood-damaged Czech Village neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A survey determined there were 21 of the 150 or so homes damaged in 2008 that could be eligible for the...
FEMA to Give Funds to 21 Flooded Minnesota Counties
Oct 15 2010 // The federal government has declared 21 counties in southern Minnesota disaster areas, prompting Gov. Tim Pawlenty to convene a special session for Oct. 18. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says funds are available...
Floods Continue to Punish Asia, Killing Nearly 140
Oct 8 2010 // Asia’s death toll from vicious rains spiked Thursday to nearly 140 as disaster officials reached previously isolated areas in Vietnam, while the worst flooding in parts of southern China in nearly a half-century...
Willis Re Releases Detailed Flood Models for Latin America
Oct 7 2010 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has released “detailed risk estimates and large event scenarios for key cities including São Paulo, Santiago and...
Hungary Aluminum Sludge Flood Called ‘Ecological Disaster’
Oct 6 2010 // Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties Tuesday after a flood of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant engulfed several towns and burned people through their clothes. One official called it “an...
Some Rezoned Flood Insurance Policyholders Get Price Break
Oct 4 2010 // The nation’s flood insurance program is extending the availability of lower cost policies for some property owners who have been recently remapped into higher-priced areas. Since 2008, many homes and businesses in...
Flood News
Oct 4 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Flood News
Oct 4 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended
Oct 4 2010 // Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been re-zoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low-to-moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa....
Flood News
Oct 4 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended
Oct 4 2010 // Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been re-zoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low to moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa....
House Joins Senate in Extending Flood Insurance for 1 Year
Oct 4 2010 // The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have both approved a one-year reauthorization of the nation’s flood insurance program. The measure, S. 3814, will extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
