Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Storm Battering Western Alaska Caused Widespread Flooding
Sep 19 2022 // A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground. The force...
Powerful Typhoon Unleashes Torrential Rain, Floods, Winds in Japan
Sep 19 2022 // A powerful typhoon barreled through southwest Japan on Monday, unleashing torrential rains and lashing winds that killed at least two people, triggered floods and caused thousands to evacuate to safety. Typhoon Nanmadol is...
Traffic, Water Shortages, Now Floods: The Slow Death of India’s Tech Hub?
Sep 16 2022 // Harish Pullanoor spent his weekends in the late 1980s tramping around the marshes and ponds of Yemalur, an area then on the eastern edge of the Indian metropolis of Bengaluru, where his cousins would join him catching...
Catastrophe Data Company PERILS Expands Coverage to Include European Flood
Sep 13 2022 // PERILS, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has announced the expansion of its market coverage to include exposure and event loss data for European floods. The new...
Climate Change Is Overwhelming U.S. Flood Maps, FEMA Head Says
Sep 13 2022 // Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and businesses from flooding and extreme rain triggered by climate change, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell...
State Agency to Assess Flood Damage in 3 SE Indiana Counties
Sep 12 2022 // Officials in three southeastern Indiana counties have declared local disasters following flash flooding last weekend that killed one woman and damaged numerous homes and roads. Staffers with the Indiana Department of...
Texas, the Netherlands Form Partnership Against Flooding
Sep 12 2022 // A visit to Houston last week by the Dutch queen highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the Netherlands that grew from their fight against a mutual enemy: flooding. While meeting with Houston’s mayor, Queen...
Northwest Georgia Loses Water Service After Flooding
Sep 9 2022 // Officials continued to scramble this week to restore water service in parts of a northwest Georgia county after flash flooding submerged pumps and flooded buildings. Chattooga County officials said water for 8,000...
South African Premiums to Rise as Insurers Face Growing Flood, Fire Risks: Sanlam
Sep 8 2022 // South Africans could soon be paying as much as 5% more on their premiums as insurers face growing risks both globally and locally. The country is now considered “very risky” due to mounting flood and fire...
More Rainfall Following Downpours Floods Rhode Island Streets, Buildings
Sep 8 2022 // PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The heavy rain that caused street flooding and forced the closure of major roads in Rhode Island on Labor Day continued on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly 11 inches of rain...
Flash Flooding in Southern Indiana Kills 1, Damages Several Homes
Sep 7 2022 // A woman was killed during weekend flash flooding in rural southeastern Indiana that damaged numerous homes and washed away several roads, officials said. Normally small creeks were overwhelmed as perhaps eight inches of...
Pakistan Looks ‘Like a Sea’ After Devastating Floods: Prime Minister
Sep 7 2022 // SEHWAN, Pakistan – Parts of Pakistan seemed “like a sea,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the South Asian nation,...
Emergency Declared After Flooding in Northwest Georgia
Sep 6 2022 // Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia over the Labor Day weekend, sparking flash flooding in some areas. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out,...
Low Rate of Flood Insurance Cover Spells Danger as Climate Crisis Deepens
Sep 2 2022 // Insured losses from floods doubled to $80 billion globally during 2011-2020 compared to the previous decade, while insurance penetration lingered at just 18%, according to Swiss Re Institute’s economic insights...
Mississippi Capital City Without Running Water After Floods Worsen Pump Problems
Aug 31 2022 // In Mississippi’s capital, thousands of residents have no running water, after river flooding contributed to longstanding problems at the city’s water treatment facilities. Emergency officials on Tuesday were...
UN Issues Flash Appeal for $160 Million to Help Pakistan With Floods
Aug 30 2022 // The United Nations issued a flash appeal on Tuesday for $160 million to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods that have killed more than 1,100 people, destroyed infrastructure and crops, and affected 33 million...
China’s Drought-Hit Regions Now Face Heavy Rains, Flooding
Aug 30 2022 // More than 100,000 people have been moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that was devastated by a heatwave and drought for most of the summer. Heavy rain was...
Texas, Federal Government at Odds Over Flood Relief Discrimination Suit
Aug 29 2022 // The faded and weathered construction permits still taped to Houston resident Mal Moses’ front door are reminders of the difficulties he faced in trying to get his mold-infested walls and leaky roof repaired after...
Mississippi Capital Area Bracing for More Pearl River Flooding
Aug 29 2022 // The rental home that Suzannah Thames owns in Mississippi’s capital city was filled with dirty, snake-infested flood water when the Pearl River overflowed its banks in 2020. On Friday, Thames pointed to a column on...
Droughts, Floods, Other Water-Related Disasters Could Cost Economy $5.6T by 2050
Aug 29 2022 // Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world’s largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050, according to a report released on Monday. This year heavy...
