Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Agents Report More Interest in Flood Insurance in Fargo
Jan 27 2009 // North dakota insurance agents are seeing more Fargo homeowners interested in flood insurance, after a winter of heavy snow and forecasts of spring flooding Ken Kraft is an American Family Insurance agent in south Fargo. He...
Iowa to Address Flood Recovery Despite Economic Concerns
Jan 26 2009 // Despite a state budget crisis and a crumbling national economy, Iowa legislators will nonetheless take on one of the most expensive problems in state history—flood recovery. No one is sure of the price tag, but all...
Report: Upgrading FEMA Flood Maps Would Save Lives, Stem Losses
Jan 26 2009 // Nearly four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, researchers called on the federal government to upgrade its flood maps, arguing that the effort could save lives as well as stem losses to properties and...
How Lawyers Hope to Fix Catastrophe Insurance Problems
Jan 25 2009 // The nation’s lawyers who deal with insurance issues are developing policy recommendations designed to improve access to insurance coverage, reduce litigation over coverage and mitigate future losses involving natural...
Lloyd’s Web Site Summarizes Current Opinions on Climate Change
Jan 23 2009 // “The string of natural catastrophes that wreaked havoc in 2008, costing the global economy $225 billion and leaving insurers with their second costliest year in history, graphically highlights the increasing risks to...
Iowa House Panel Clears $56 Million Flood Relief PLan
Jan 23 2009 // A $56 million Iowa flood relief package has easily cleared its first legislative hurdle, and backers promise to quickly deliver the measure to Gov. Chet Culver. Some Republicans complained that the measure was too vague in...
Risk Management Solutions Makes UK Flood Data Available to Public
Jan 20 2009 // Risk Management Solutions announced that its flood mapping data will be made publicly available for the first time. The decision gives “homebuyers far more accurate information about the likelihood of getting...
Flooding After Torrential Rains Remains Problem in West Alabama
Jan 14 2009 // Flood waters are still plaguing the west Alabama city of Demopolis following last week’s torrential rainfall. The Demopolis area and communities in neighboring Greene County have been inundated after the Black...
Lawyers Hope to Fix Catastrophe- Related Insurance Problems
Jan 14 2009 // The nation’s lawyers who deal with insurance issues are developing policy recommendations designed to improve access to insurance coverage, reduce litigation over coverage and mitigate future losses involving natural...
Regents Consider Bonds to Aid University of Iowa Flood Recovery
Jan 13 2009 // The Iowa Board of Regents plans to meet Friday to consider issuing $30 million in bonds to help with flood-recovery at the University of Iowa. The school suffered more than $230 million in damage during widespread June...
Waiver Granted for Mobile Homes in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish
Jan 12 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it would allow mobile homes for hurricane victims in areas that new maps indicate are at risk of future flooding in Cameron Parish. But the occupants must be out of the...
Iowa Lawmakers to Focus on Flood Recovery Despite Economic Concerns
Jan 7 2009 // Despite a state budget crisis and a crumbling national economy, Iowa legislators will nonetheless take on one of the most expensive problems in state history–flood recovery. No one is sure of the price tag, but all...
In Vermont, Flooding Threat Wanes
Dec 31 2008 // Cooling temperatures and falling Winooski River water levels have all but eliminated the threat of flooding in Montpelier, Vermon — for now. The river’s depth, which had risen because of an ice jam, dropped by...
FEMA Announcs $10 Million in Flood Recovery in Eastern Iowa
Dec 29 2008 // FEMA has announced it will give more than $10 million for flood-recovery projects in eastern Iowa. Projects in Lake Delhi, Iowa City, Anamosa, Bluffton and Cedar Falls will split the FEMA dollars. Among those receiving...
Damaged Iowa Levees Won’t be Fixed by Spring
Dec 23 2008 // Damaged levees will stand between Iowa homes and farm fields this spring because of a delay in repairs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had estimated that the flood-damaged levees certified by the corps would be fixed by...
Hawaii Tallies Latest Flood Damage
Dec 22 2008 // The rains have subsided and now residents of Oahu and Kauai are cleaning up and assessing the damage from last weekend’s downpours. Ray Lovell, state Civil Defense spokesman, said personal property damage on Oahu...
Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority Faces Flooding Lawsuit
Dec 18 2008 // A class-action lawsuit filed against the Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma claims the state-owned utility should pay for flood damage suffered by almost 400 Ottawa County residents since May 2007. The lawsuit was filed...
Iowa Cities Push for Flood Gauges
Dec 18 2008 // Some Iowa cities want more river gauges following last summer’s flooding. Officials say gauges are an important warning tool, but they may be too expensive. Startup cost for each electronic gauge is $15,000 to...
Drowning Death During Flash Flood Prompts Missouri Family to File Suit
Dec 17 2008 // The daughter of a suburban St. Louis woman killed by a flash flood in September is suing the Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis, which is part owner of the river that flooded. Remnants of Hurricane Ike caused the...
Iowa Experts Say Serious Flood Frequency May Increase
Dec 17 2008 // Time will tell if the record floods of 2008 are an aberration or the beginning of a trend. But some experts say the likelihood of serious floods in Iowa is increasing in frequency. Eugene Takle is a professor of...
