Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mississippi Officials Say Flooding Conditions Ripe
Mar 25 2008 // Authorities are concerned flooding could become a problem in the coming weeks as the Mississippi River neared flood stage in Natchez, Miss., Sunday. Flood stage near Natchez is 48 feet above gauge zero. At 47 feet, water...
Flood Waters Reach Near-Record Levels in Mo. Along Meramec River
Mar 25 2008 // Residents’ trust in their community’s new levee was justified Saturday as the earthen wall protected their town from the Meramec River, bloated by heavy rain that caused flooding across the Midwest. The Meramec...
Percentage of Flood-insured Kansans Low Despite Past Flooding
Mar 24 2008 // Only 1.3 percent of Kansas homes carried flood insurance in 2007, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA is urging Kansans to buy flood insurance during what is the 15th anniversary of the...
New Yorkers to Get Flood Notices Every Year
Mar 24 2008 // New York lawmakers have decided once is not enough — at least when it comes to telling homeowners that floods will not be covered by a standard homeowners policy. Under legislation signed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer,...
Arkansas Governor Declares Disasters in 26 Counties Due to Floods
Mar 24 2008 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared 26 counties disaster areas due to the damage from this week’s heavy rains and floods. Beebe’s office said last week that more counties are likely to be added to the list,...
Feds Propose Changes to Flood Insurance Q&A for Lenders
Mar 21 2008 // The federal bank, thrift, credit union, and Farm Credit System regulatory agencies today requested public comment on new and revised interagency questions and answers for lenders regarding flood insurance. The Interagency...
Google to Make Hurricane Flood Threat Data Available to Public
Mar 20 2008 // Americans in the hurricane danger zone may soon be able to use Google to find out if their own home is threatened by a dangerous storm surge, the director of the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. Storm surge, the...
New York Regulators Urge Homeowners to Buy Flood Insurance
Mar 19 2008 // The Insurance Department of New York is telling property owners they “should act now” to buy flood insurance, as saturated ground conditions could worsen with heavy spring rains and increase the potential for...
Vermont Officials Worry about Flooding
Mar 18 2008 // Vermont officials are hoping against a quick warm-up for fear that fast melting of Vermont’s deep snow pack could trigger flooding. One potential trouble spot is the Deerfield River in Wilmington, where the town has...
2007 Cat Losses Top $70 Billion Swiss Re <em>sigma</em> Study Finds
Mar 12 2008 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study – “Natural Catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2007” – examines catastrophe-related economic losses from natural and man-made disasters last year, which...
Corps: Working Pumps will Enhance Flood Protection in New Orleans
Mar 12 2008 // The threat of a hurricane again flooding New Orleans, which will be greatly reduced when levee improvements are completed, will be further reduced if the pumping system is operational, the Army Corps of Engineers...
Wisconsin Official Suggests Flood Insurance Necessary as Spring Arrives
Mar 11 2008 // Wisconsin residents whose communities received heavy snowfall this winter should consider buying a flood-insurance policy before the spring thaw arrives, a state insurance official said. “With spring on the way there...
UK Floods Not from Climate Change
Mar 11 2008 // A new study released by the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) has concluded that the heavy rainfall, which caused extensive flooding in England and Wales last summer, cannot be linked to global climate...
N.Y. Offers Towns Flood Prevention Money
Mar 10 2008 // Nine floods in four years is too much for New York officials, who have pledged $650,000 to help local governments battle future floods. The program, announced during a Flood Summit in Binghamton last month, includes...
