Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Gets $7 Million for Flooded Home Buyouts
Dec 1 2010 // U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide more than $7 million to Davidson County for home buyouts. The buyout program will be coordinated by the local...
Arizona County and FEMA Try to Fix Flood Map Errors
Nov 30 2010 // Arizona’s Mohave County Flood Control District is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fix errors the county found in flood insurance maps. The district has been working with FEMA since 2004 to...
Illinois Counties Sue FEMA Over Flood Maps
Nov 16 2010 // State’s Attorneys of Madison, St. Clair and Monroe counties in Illinois and a host of other impacted parties have filed suit in federal court against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its director...
Louisiana Still Owes Most of Judgement in 1983 Flood
Nov 16 2010 // Bob McBride Jr. was 18 when he pushed a flat-bottomed boat holding his family and neighbors through chest-high water to safety in Tangipahoa Parish. Nearly 30 years later, he and hundreds of others still are waiting for...
Nashville’s Music Industry Getting Back on Track After Flood
Nov 15 2010 // In a white clapboard house on a quiet street in Berry Hill, a six-month marathon effort to save dozens of flood-damaged musical instruments remains a daily labor of love with the goal of salvaging Nashville’s...
Myrtle Beach Suing Hotels for Risking City’s Flood Insurance Coverage
Nov 10 2010 // The city of Myrtle Beach is suing 11 hotels to make them remove their swimming pool enclosures. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported the federal suit filed last week contends the enclosures violate federal rules, risking...
Flood Buyouts May Alter North Dakota Neighborhoods
Nov 8 2010 // Kolbjorn and Solvi Rommesmo moved to the Heritage Hills subdivision along the Red River south of Fargo, N.D., because it was peaceful and close to nature. Recently, it became even more peaceful, as their neighbors left,...
Iowa to Spend $10M on Flood Mitigation
Nov 3 2010 // Iowa officials say they’ll use about $10 million in federal grant money on projects that they say will manage runoff and mitigate future flood damage. Iowa received an $84.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of...
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...
