Colorado’s Snowpack Raises Flooding Concerns June 3, 2019 By Andrew Oxford The high water content of Colorado’s mountain snowpack has forecasters concerned about the potential for flooding from the annual snowmelt...
Governor Cuomo Says New Commission Will Tackle Shoreline Flooding May 31, 2019 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is creating a commission to find new ways to harden Lake Ontario’s shoreline as federal...
Testimony Ends in Texas Suit over Harvey-Related Overflow Dams, Floods May 22, 2019 Testimony has ended in the lawsuit by some Texas residents seeking U.S. government compensation after their land flooded when two...
Is Sea Rise Wrecking Coastal Home Values? The Answer: Maybe May 20, 2019 By Philip Marcelo For sale: waterfront property with sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. Waves erode beach regularly. Flooding gets worse every year....
New York State Deploys More Than 800K Sandbags Along Lake Ontario May 8, 2019 New York state says it has deployed more than 800,000 sandbags, hundreds of pumps and 920 feet of temporary dams...
$20M in Flood Work Still Not Funded in Colorado May 7, 2019 The federal government hasn’t funded $20 million in work to fix roads damaged by flooding in a northern Colorado county...
New York Braces for ‘Worst-Case’ Flooding Along Lake Ontario May 2, 2019 New York state is preparing for a “worst-case scenario” as water levels rise along Lake Ontario where flooding caused extensive...
Upstate New York Prepares as Lake Ontario Water Rises Again April 25, 2019 Emergency officials in upstate New York are again preparing for possible flooding along Lake Ontario. Niagara County’s director of emergency...
Warmth, Snowmelt, Rain Raise Flood Concerns in New England April 22, 2019 A combination of warm weather, rain and melting snow was feeding floodwaters in low-lying areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and...
Global Floods Cause $8B in Economic Losses During March: Aon Catastrophe Report April 10, 2019 Damage from flooding in March 2019 is estimated at US$8 billion from events across the globe, according to Aon’s “Global...