Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Delays Flood Map Rollout in SW Illinois
Sep 17 2010 // Property owners in southwestern Illinois who worry that new government floodplain maps will force them to buy expensive flood insurance are getting another break. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will delay...
Nashville Mall Sues for $150 Million in Flood Claims
Sep 17 2010 // The Opry Mills mall, closed since early May because of flooding, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 17 insurance companies seeking at least $150 million in claims. The mall, on the site of the old Opryland USA theme park,...
Hermine Surprises Texas, Oklahoma with Extensive Flooding
Sep 9 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine, which swept through Texas on Sept. 7 and into Oklahoma on Sept. 8, surprised forecasters by retaining tropical storm strength long after it was expected to decline. The storm resulted in extensive...
Climate Change May Add to Natural Disaster Death Tolls
Sep 8 2010 // Natural disasters are tending to kill fewer people but climate change may add to the toll by unleashing more extreme weather and causing after-effects such as disease and malnutrition, experts say. Better warnings of...
Marmarth, N.D., Dike Decertified by Feds
Sep 8 2010 // Federal officials have decertified a dike that for half a century has protected the southwest North Dakota town of Marmarth from flooding by the Little Missouri River. That means Marmarth will be mapped as a flood plain,...
Tropical Storm Hermine Slams into Northeastern Mexico
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the...
Flood Report for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Calls for Better Protection System
Sep 7 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft report that calls for a better, if limited, flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River swamped the city in 2008, covering 10 square miles. The...
New South Dakota Flood-Control Project to Protect Properties
Sep 7 2010 // A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be completed next year, removing 1,500 properties from Sioux Falls’ flood plain, a city official said. Once the flood-control measures are in place,...
Aon Monthly Cat Recap Highlights Asia Floods, Atlantic Storms
Sep 3 2010 // Aon Benfield’s latest release of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which provides an analysis of global natural perils in August, reports the month was “dominated by historic floods in Pakistan destroying over 1.25...
North Carolina Commissioner Urges Preparation
Sep 2 2010 // With Hurricane Earl on a path to skim the barrier islands and the coast of North Carolina beginning this evening, state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is reminding all North Carolinians to take precautions before the...
Cedar Rapids Gives Flood-Damaged Homes to Builders, Nonprofits
Sep 2 2010 // City officials are trying to salvage some of the homes damaged by flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2008 by offering them to builders and nonprofit groups for free. In exchange, the homes would be renovated and sold at a...
Slowing Urban Sprawl, Adding Forested Land Curb Flooding: Study
Aug 26 2010 // Controlling urban growth and increasing forested land are the most effective ways to decrease future water runoff and flooding, according to a Purdue University study. Bryan Pijanowski, an associate professor of forestry...
Feds Get Nearly 10,000 Applications for Illinois Flood Aid
Aug 23 2010 // Federal officials have received nearly 10,000 applications for disaster assistance from seven Illinois counties hit by flooding last month. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging residents and business owners to...
Tennessee Gov. Predicts Federal Aid for May Flooding
Aug 20 2010 // Gov. Phil Bredesen says Tennessee will receive a higher percentage of federal matching funds to cover costs due to severe flooding in early May. Bredesen recently announced that the state’s federal match will be 90...
Kentucky Coal Companies Sued After Flooding
Aug 20 2010 // A group of eastern Kentucky residents have sued two coal companies, saying improper surface mining and reclamation caused or worsened flooding that destroyed dozens of homes in Pike County last month. The Lexington...
Extreme Weather Seen Unlikely to Help Climate Talks
Aug 17 2010 // Extreme weather in 2010 will spur more strident calls for action to combat global warming but is unlikely to break a deadlock at U.N. climate talks about sharing the burden between rich and poor. Islamabad, for instance,...
North Dakota Flood Project in Hands of Landowners
Aug 16 2010 // Landowners are voting on a proposed $2.7 million flood control project to divert pooling sheet water away from the northeast North Dakota city of Michigan. Officials say the Michigan Spillway project also would relieve...
Des Moines Wants to Buy Flood-Prone Properties
Aug 16 2010 // Officials in Des Moines are looking for money to buy more properties in a flood-prone area of the city. City Manager Rick Clark says that flooding in the Four Mile Creek area is “uncontrolled” — and that...
UN Chief Appeals for Aid in Flood Ravaged Pakistan; U.S. Sends Help
Aug 16 2010 // U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world to provide more aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan on Sunday as the 20 million people made homeless grew increasingly desperate and new torrents inundated villages. Survivors...
Feds Give Mississippi Increased Flood Aid
Aug 16 2010 // The federal government is affirming it will pay 90 percent of the disaster recovery costs from tornadoes and floods that hit Mississippi in late April and early May. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran announced the federal share...
