Improvements Planned for Flood Walls in Grand Rapids, Michigan January 14, 2014 Grand Rapids, Mich., plans to spend $4.2 million to repair and improve its floodwall system, after engineers identified weaknesses exposed...
Roanoke, Va., Family Stays Afloat After Summer Floods January 6, 2014 By Matt Chittum, The Roanoke Times Joel Kirby loaded his young stepson Seth into his truck in the rain and headed over to the mall. “Despicable...
N.J. Sen. Menendez Calls on Congress to Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hikes January 3, 2014 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on Thursday joined residents and local officials in Brick, N.J., to call on Congress to...
Flood Maps Still Wrong, Oregon Homeowners Still Paying January 2, 2014 By Andrea Castillo and Katherine Driessen Months after Carol Justice was wrongly told her home needs flood insurance, the Cornelius resident is still paying up –...
Long Island, N.Y., Residents Asked to Take Disaster Survey January 2, 2014 A Long Island, N.Y., politician is asking residents to take an online survey to help officials update their plans for...
Florida Flood Policy to be Offered in Six Additional States December 30, 2013 By Michael Adams A Florida insurance agency that stepped forward last month to offer a private market stand-alone flood coverage policy in Florida...
Insurer Sued in New York for Canceling, Reissuing Flood Policies After Claim December 27, 2013 Fidelity National Property & Casualty Insurance Co. was recently sued in a New York court over flood insurance policies. The...
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Challenges FEMA’s New Flood Maps December 20, 2013 Members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, led by Congressman Bill Keating, recently sent an open letter to the Federal Emergency...
North-Central Penn. Officials: Higher Flood Insurance Rates Will Bankrupt Homeowners December 13, 2013 Residents and officials in flood-prone north-central Pennsylvania are warning that a new federal law ending subsidized federal flood insurance rates...
Some Flood Insurance Rates to Rise in Kansas’ Douglas County December 6, 2013 Some property owners in Douglas County, Kansas, could soon pay more for federal insurance. The federal government’s decision to phase...