Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cat 5 Litigation in the Forecast?
Apr 20 2009 // As 2008 Hurricane Claims Enter Court and New Season Approaches, Katrina Issues Linger The 2008 hurricane season was the sixth most active tropical storm season recorded since data collection began in 1851. Six storms made...
Washington Implements Flood Insurance Coverage Law
Apr 20 2009 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed Senate Bill 5417, an act relating to flood insurance coverage. According to the law, “every insurer issuing a homeowner, condominium unit owner, residential tenant and...
North Dakota Battles Flooding Again; More Expected
Apr 14 2009 // A levee breach along the Sheyenne River in North Dakota had officials scrambling for a fix and National Guard helicopters dropping 1,000-pound sandbags into the gap in the levee in Valley City, about 60 miles west of...
Disaster Aid Sought for 20 Alabama Counties Damaged by Floods
Apr 13 2009 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has asked President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster area for 20 Alabama counties that received damage from recent heavy rain, winds and flooding. Riley said Friday the 20 counties in mostly...
Project Means More Oregon Residents May Need Flood Insurance
Apr 13 2009 // Federal officials say more of North Bend, Ore., is at risk of flooding than previously thought, meaning more property owners may have to buy flood insurance or pay more if they already have it. The Oregon Department of...
Pueblo, Colorado’s Flood Maps Could Change
Apr 10 2009 // Federal authorities may update flood plain maps in Pueblo, Colo., a revision that could require more areas to obtain flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reconsidering decades-old maps of flood...
Tornadoes Give Mo. Businesses Insurance, Record-Keeping Lessons
Apr 10 2009 // Businesses in Southwest Missouri learned a lot about insurance, record-keeping and personal safety from tornadoes that tore through the area last spring. In many ways, walking into Bill Lant’s feed store in Seneca,...
Flooding Threatens Florida Homes
Apr 9 2009 // Officials say flooding has damaged or destroyed 106 homes in north Florida and the Panhandle and they’re warning residents in the Suwannee River valley to expect more overflows. Portions of U.S. Highway 90,...
After Flooding, Midwest Farmers Fear Repeat Of ’97
Apr 8 2009 // Recent floods are receding for now, but farmers and ranchers in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are worried they’re on track to repeat the dismal year of 1997. That was the year spring blizzards and record...
Seven Alabama Counties Due Flood Mapping Funds
Apr 7 2009 // Seven Alabama counties will benefit from some $5.8 million in federal money for flood map modernization. Officials say the grant will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and be routed through the...
Major Flooding Hits South Georgia
Apr 6 2009 // More than a dozen homes are underwater in and around Valdosta and several neighborhoods are evacuated as major flooding hits south Georgia after heavy rain this past week. Valdosta officials are building sand bag and...
It Figures
Apr 6 2009 // 225 The weight of a 61-year-old Bloomfield Hills, Mich., man who is suing his former employer, claiming he was fired from a $75,000-a-year salesman’s job because of his waistline. The employer says Patrick J. Ronayne...
Declarations
Apr 6 2009 // Japanese Suicide “The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them (is) if they’d follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I’m...
Cat 5 Litigation in the Forecast?
Apr 6 2009 // As 2008 Hurricane Claims Enter Court and New Season Approaches, Katrina Issues Linger The 2008 hurricane season was the sixth most active tropical storm season recorded since data collection began in 1851. Six storms made...
Ready, Set – OK
Apr 6 2009 // As this issue of Insurance Journal South Central Edition went to press, Oklahoma officials were set to award $250 million in contracts for much needed road and bridge improvements in that state. The money is part of the...
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Buy $25M in Flood Insurance for 2009
Apr 3 2009 // The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, City Council has voted to buy $25 million of flood insurance. The coverage, through the National Flood Insurance Program, would pay to clean up any buildings damaged by last summer’s flood if...
Midwest Still on Alert: Second Wave of Flooding On Its Way
Apr 3 2009 // Although the Red River in Fargo, N.D., experienced the peak of the flood wave on March 27 and 28, 2009, there is still a large amount of flooding along the river as the flood wave makes its way north, the U.S. Geological...
Flooding Prompts New Scrutiny of North Dakota Disaster Aid
Apr 3 2009 // North Dakota’s spring flooding problems have focused new attention on a proposed $44 million state disaster fund that a Fargo lawmaker wants to establish. “Setting the money aside is more critical than...
Flooding in Fargo, N.D., Eases But Winter Storm Creates More Havoc
Mar 31 2009 // Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo, N.D.’s hastily fortified levees, the city’s tired residents stared down a winter storm March 30 that is expected to bring than a foot of snow and wind-whipped...
30 Injured, Homes, Businesses Damaged By Mississippi Twister
Mar 31 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour surveyed tornado damage in Simpson County yesterday. Nearly 30 people were injured and dozens of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed Thursday when a twister ripped through the town...
