Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ark. Gov.: Agricultural Damage Heavy After Persistent Flooding
Apr 16 2008 // Arkansas’ emergency management chief says rising flood waters may undo the cleanup and repairs some homes and regions have already completed after more than a month of flooding. “Some areas we’ve surveyed...
Rains Continue to Swell Mississippi River, Force Evacuations
Apr 14 2008 // With a quarter million acres of farmland already under water and scores of residents forced from their homes, predictions now call for the Mississippi River to crest late this week at levels not seen since the 1973...
Judge in Reno Sets Hearing Dates for Fernley Flood Cases
Apr 11 2008 // Eighteen lawyers representing flood victims, U.S. and local governments, realtors, insurance companies and others crowded into a federal courtroom Tuesday to begin sorting out who is responsible for the failure of an...
FEMA: Faulty Pumps Could Change Bethlehem, Pa. Flood Map
Apr 11 2008 // Federal officials say failure to repair 15 flood-control pumps along the Lehigh River could cost Bethlehem property owners money. The city argues that the pumps have never been used, and repairs that could cost millions of...
FEMA Says California’s Sprinter Light Rail Dirt Changed Flood Plain
Apr 11 2008 // Some 100,000 cubic yards of dirt dumped on the edge of California’s Loma Alta Creek to elevate Sprinter light rail tracks could be costly for nearby residents and business owners. Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Expanded Flood Maps Anger New Jersey Homeowners
Apr 10 2008 // Federal Emergency Management Administration officials have unleashed a torrent of complaints over new flood-zone maps in Monmouth County’s Bayshore region. The proposed maps show nearly 4,400 more homes at risk in...
Ark., Okla., Texas Hammered with Storms; Damage Estimates Mount
Apr 10 2008 // An insurance industry trade organization estimates that preliminary damage from an April 8 Oklahoma hail storm has risen to $15 million and cautioned losses could increase significantly. Meanwhile, Northern Texas, Oklahoma...
La. Supreme Court Upholds Flood Exclusion in Insurance Policy
Apr 9 2008 // Stating that the flood exclusion in an insurance policy sold by Lafayette Insurance Company to a New Orleans area policyholder is unambiguous, the Louisiana Supreme Court has reversed, in part, a previous ruling by a state...
North Little Rock Twister Claims Tornado Siren; Damages in Millions
Apr 8 2008 // The National Weather Service released a survey of a recent tornado that went from North Little Rock, Ark., into Sherwood and damaged numerous structures at a cost of millions of dollars. Among the casualties was a tornado...
Climate Change Heats Up Insurance Industry
Apr 7 2008 // Greenhouse gases (GHGs) have gotten a bad rap, according to Mark C. Bove, senior research meteorologist, catastrophic risk management for Munich Reinsurance America. Speaking on a panel about climate change at the...
Canadian Researchers Warn of New Arctic Worries
Apr 4 2008 // Canada’s massive Mackenzie Delta is feeling the impact of climate change is faster than expected, which could signal problems elsewhere in the Arctic, a Canadian researcher said Thursday. Melting ocean ice is...
RMS Assesses UK Flood Review
Apr 3 2008 // In its response to Sir Michael Pitt’s review of flood risk in the UK, Risk Management Solutions stressed the “urgent need for an accurate database of information on flood defenses.” The catastrophe risk...
FEMA: Still too Soon to Assess Arkansas Flood Damage
Apr 2 2008 // Floodwaters still need to recede before officials can determine how damaging two weeks’ worth of flooding was to Arkansas, but leaders said it’s shaping up to be a costly affair. “All indications are that...
Key New Jersey Flood Prevention Measures Not Getting Funding
Apr 1 2008 // Several measures to stop flooding in the flood-prone areas of New Jersey’s Passaic and Bergen counties are stalled over funding problems. The Record of Bergen County reported for Sunday’s newspapers that many...
Non-stop Flooding in Arkansas Entering 3rd Week
Mar 31 2008 // Arkansas was spared widespread storms Saturday but remained waterlogged from non-stop flooding that began nearly two weeks ago. Storms hit isolated areas and residents along the White River in east Arkansas and the Black...
Flooding in Mississippi Affects Wildlife, Creates Driving Hazard
Mar 28 2008 // Authorities say drivers should use extra caution as the rising Mississippi River forces deer and other wildlife to seek higher ground. Many of the deer, opossums and armadillos could cross roads and create safety hazards...
Official Finds Optimism on Flood Tour of Southeast Minnesota
Mar 27 2008 // A big concern after last summer’s flooding in southeast Minnesota was that the population in some small towns would evaporate, but officials say that’s not happening. Senator Amy Klobuchar toured Goodview,...
Volunteers in Ark. Hold Back Levee ‘Sand Boils’ to Prevent Flooding
Mar 27 2008 // Water continued to rise Wednesday in Arkansas, where federal officials have begun to gather their first damage assessments in the week-long floods that have displaced residents and soaked homes and businesses in nearly...
Flooding Continues in Arkansas
Mar 26 2008 // Forecasters issued flash-flood warnings for parts of Arkansas’ prairie as the state’s largest water surge in a quarter-century continued its way downstream. Swollen by last week’s storms that devastated...
NOAA: Major U.S. Flooding A Sign Of Things To Come
Mar 26 2008 // Major floods that struck America’s heartland last week offer a preview of the spring seasonal outlook, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service. Several...
