Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Man with Flood Damaged Home Wins Lottery
Oct 26 2009 // A Mableton man whose home was heavily damaged by floods last month has won $250,000 playing the Georgia lottery. Michael Sussman said he plans to buy a new home for his family with his winnings. The 38-year-old and his...
North Dakota Flood Plans Make People North of Fargo Uneasy
Oct 23 2009 // Talk in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., of billion-dollar flood protection projects has some officials to the north a bit uneasy. “I think there’s going to be water coming at us like we don’t know what,”...
Deadline Nears for for Georgia Workers Seeking Flood Income Assistance
Oct 21 2009 // Workers in eight Georgia counties have until Monday to file initial claims for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance to compensate for loss of income directly resulting from severe storms and flooding last month. DUA is...
Minnesota Flood Control Options Complex
Oct 20 2009 // The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 14 flood control options in the Fargo-Moorhead, Minn., area, ranging from levees and flood walls to ditches. The catch is that to win federal approval, the benefit to taxpayers...
Washington Commissioner Warns Against Flooding Exclusions
Oct 20 2009 // The Washington State Insurance Commissioner has issued a warning to property insurers with policies in the Green River Valley not to categorically deny flood claims. The Howard Hanson Dam, above the valley, has been found...
Private Insurers Avoiding Washington Area Army Corps Says Will Flood Soon
Oct 19 2009 // Insurance brokers say private insurers won’t sell flood insurance in Kent, Renton, Auburn and Tukwila where the Corps of Engineers says Green River flooding is likely this winter. Federal insurance is still available...
Declarations
Oct 19 2009 // Mud Flows After Fires “After the smoke has cleared from any wildfire, there is still the potential for catastrophic damage and losses to homes and neighborhoods when winter storms come. Most homeowners policies do...
Mississippi Rep. Taylor Urges Obama to Reform Flood Insurance Program
Oct 16 2009 // Using President Obama’s visit to New Orleans this week as his backdrop, Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., again urged the Administration to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, including adding wind coverage to the...
Missouri Town Left Off Flood Maps; Portions of Others Missing, Too
Oct 16 2009 // Officials from central Missouri towns say preliminary flood insurance maps presented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week were incomplete and based on old information. Huntsdale Mayor Debby Lancaster said...
California Warns Homeowners of Flood Threat
Oct 12 2009 // With the first big rain storm of the year bearing down on Northern California, the California Department of Insurance has put out an advisory to the public to check their homeowners insurance and to look into whether they...
Architect: Floating House Could Ride Out New Orleans’ Floods
Oct 8 2009 // A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Oct. 6 in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation. Called the FLOAT House, the...
Hawaii Flash Flood Watch Canceled
Oct 7 2009 // A flash flood watch issued for the state of Hawaii on Monday has now been lifted by the National Weather Service. The watch extended through Tuesday afternoon. The weather service said the potential for heavy showers and...
New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death of R.I. Girl, 7
Oct 5 2009 // The family of a 7-year-old Rhode Island girl killed in a flash flood at a New Hampshire campground has sued its owners. Kaitlyn Ferra was vacationing with her parents, Brandon and Donna Ferra, and her brother at Ames Brook...
$4 Million in Flood Damage Closes Kentucky Derby Museum Until 2010
Oct 5 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will remain closed for the rest of the year as the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race tries to recover from flood damage. Flash flooding hit Louisville in early...
Report: FEMA Overpays Private Insurers for Handling Flood Insurance
Oct 5 2009 // The federal government is overpaying private insurance companies that manage flood insurance policies by as much as 16.5 percent, according to a new government report. To just six of the 87 participating carriers, the...
Gulf Coast Construction Deemed ‘Woefully Inadequate’ for Storm Surge
Oct 5 2009 // Government minimum flood elevation requirements for properties vulnerable to storm surge throughout the Gulf Coast region are “woefully inadequate,” according to a new study of property damage caused by...
Nationwide Insurance Donates $50K to Red Cross for Georgia Flood Victims
Oct 2 2009 // The Nationwide Insurance Foundation said it will donate $50,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which helps to provide shelter, food and other assistance to victims of disasters like the Georgia floods. The...
745 Georgia Homes Destroyed By Flooding, Says Red Cross
Oct 1 2009 // The American Red Cross has released preliminary disaster assessment information from flooding that swamped parts of Georgia. The organization said an estimated 2,803 Georgia homes have been affected by the flooding. Of...
Federal Flood Insurance Program Granted Temporary Extension
Oct 1 2009 // The U.S. Senate passed a temporary extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law just few hours before the program was set to expire yesterday. The NFIP...
Grand Forks, N.D., Flood Insurance Map Now Available
Sep 30 2009 // Grand Forks County, N.D., residents are getting a look at a proposed new flood insurance rate map. Zoning administrator Bev Collings says it’s the first major change in the map since 1977. She says it’s long...
