Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 21 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) has worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners, state and local governments,...
Flooding from Montana River Receding, But is Expected to Rise Again
May 16 2018 // Montana’s Clark Fork River near Missoula is receding after it crested at the highest level in a century and swept trees, trailers and other dangerous debris downstream. Residents aren’t out of danger yet. The...
Aon’s April Catastrophe Report: Storms Deal Blow in U.S.; Floods Take 78 Lives in Africa
May 10 2018 // During April, five separate storm systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast, with nearly 70 tornado...
Texas Governor: Harris County Can Hold Flood Control Bond Election
May 9 2018 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has granted Harris County’s request to hold an August special election in which residents could be asked to approve as much as $2.5 billion to finance critical flood-control projects. The...
Want Flood? Let the Market Make it Happen.
May 9 2018 // I spent a day last week in a conference that was focused on some specific risks that make up a property insurance gap nationwide. The morning was focused on one of my favorite soap boxes, flood. You guessed it. It’s...
Appeals Court Reverses MRGO Flooding Ruling
May 7 2018 // A Washington appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that held the federal government liable for some of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other major storms — a ruling that could have resulted...
Flood, Tax Relief, Cyber Security: Risk Managers’ View on the Political Turmoil in Washington
May 7 2018 // Congress is headed for a “major showdown” over the flood insurance program, according to an insurance broker lobbyist who notes that the program expires July 31, right in the middle of hurricane season. That...
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 4 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the next two weeks as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners,...
With Flood Risk Rising, Coastal Real Estate Looks a Lot Like a Junk Bond: Viewpoint
May 4 2018 // A friend of mine who is a bit of a climate-change skeptic once challenged me with this question: If climate change is such a pressing danger, why haven’t coastal real estate prices crashed? It’s a fair...
Five Things Homeowners Need to Know About Finished Basements
May 3 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. 1. Does a Finished Basement Increase a Home’s Value? An example of Remodeling Magazine’s definition of a midrange basement remodel costing $71,115. It...
Worries over Contamination After Kauai Flooding
Apr 30 2018 // Beaches and other areas on Kauai that smell like sewage may be showing signs of contamination, according to Hawaii health officials. The Hawaii Department of Health hasn’t received any indications of disease...
AAA Carolinas Launches Inland Flood Coverage for Homeowners
Apr 30 2018 // AAA Carolinas Insurance has launched new inland flooding protection for policyholders. The Inland Flood Coverage is one of three new enhancements offered by AAA Carolinas Insurance, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. Home...
Retired Engineer Questions Plans to Relieve Houston-Area Bayou Flooding
Apr 27 2018 // Hurricane Harvey’s epic rain in August 2017 convinced many residents and elected officials in Southeast Texas that the drastic flooding required drastic drainage solutions. The Galveston County Daily News reports one...
FEMA Proposes Allowing Owners to Rebuild Homes After Taxpayer Buyouts
Apr 26 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing to allow owners of homes destroyed by storms and bought out by the government to rebuild on the same flood-prone land. Currently, FEMA offers to buy homes that have been...
Appeals Court Reverses New Orleans-Area Flooding, MRGO Ruling
Apr 25 2018 // A Washington appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that held the federal government liable for some of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other major storms — a ruling that could have resulted in...
Prospect General Launches Flood Insurance Product in Indiana
Apr 25 2018 // Prospect General Insurance Agency (Prospect General) has expanded Flood Guard, an admitted residential flood insurance product, into Indiana. Flood Guard, written through Palomar Specialty Insurance Company, provides...
FEMA Hosts Flood Insurance Roundtable in West Virginia
Apr 25 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III and the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (WVDHSEM) hosted the first-ever West Virginia Flood Insurance Partners Roundtable in...
Nearly $3M More in Flood Relief for Five Upstate New York Counties
Apr 24 2018 // Nearly $3 million in additional relief funding is going to communities in five upstate New York counties along Lake Ontario to help them recover from last year’s flooding. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the...
Why Coastal Living Is Becoming Affordable for Only the Rich
Apr 24 2018 // When Hurricane Irma reached Florida’s Big Pine Key in September, it caused the floor of Terry and Sharon Baron’s cream-colored mobile home to collapse. On Marathon Key, twenty miles north, the winds lifted...
Hawaiian Island Continues to Recover Following Flood
Apr 23 2018 // Recovery efforts continue to help some Hawaii residents get back on their feet following a devastating flood. About 30 community leaders from Kauai’s North Shore met over the weekend to discuss relief efforts and...
