The Mississippi River is starting its spring climb with forecasters predicting a rise of more than a foot a day...
Floods News
Major flooding has begun and is forecast to continue through spring in parts of the Midwest, according to the National...
The U.S. Senate has passed a measure to extend the federal flood insurance program until Dec. 31, 2010. The Senate-approved...
Representatives of riverside communities in Montana say looming federal requirements that they upgrade or certify local levee systems could overwhelm...
Having flood insurance will be increasingly important this year as spring rain combines in many parts of the U.S. with...
The Natural Catastrophe Insurance Program (NCIP), available at www.CatCoverage.com, says it is providing an online alternative to the National Flood...
Swiss Re released its preliminary estimates for losses from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on February 27 –...
China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord...
Two House subcommittees have scheduled a joint hearing today on ways to address homeowners insurance costs in disaster-prone communities, an...
Salina, Kan., city officials said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new floodplain map is just plain wrong and they...