All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2026 // A new survey found three overarching themes that affect the purchase of flood insurance centered on awareness, action, and coverage misconceptions, according to Chubb’s Flood Risk and Resilience report.The survey of...
Jan 29 2026 // The clock is ticking on the National Flood Insurance Program—again.The NFIP is part of the federal funding package, which is set to expire at the end of Jan. 30. Unless Congress compromises on several issues, namely...
Jan 29 2026 // Losses tied to floods in Southeast Asia may grow as much as 10-fold in the coming years due to the rise of extreme weather events, according to Willis Towers Watson Plc.Early indications suggest that major regional...
Jan 27 2026 // Overflowing water in a mining area owned by Brazil’s Vale caused environmental damage as it reached the local Maranhao River, Minas Gerais state government said in a statement on Monday.The overflow on Sunday, in two...
Jan 19 2026 // South Africa declared a national disaster after severe weather conditions led to deadly floods across parts of the country.Heavy rainfall, strong winds, lightning and flooding have resulted in loss of life, significant...
Jan 16 2026 // Deadly floods prompted South Africa’s iconic Kruger National Park to shut to further visitors, after extreme rainfall killed dozens in the northeast of the country and neighboring Mozambique.The South African Weather...
Jan 14 2026 // The first 911 call from the historic Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River came in at 3:57 a.m., when a caller told the dispatcher she was stranded on a hill and cabins around her were filling with water. Around the same...
Jan 5 2026 // CRU Group, a North American claims adjusting and services firm based in Dallas and Toronto, is expanding its flood insurance line with the appointment of Danny Sewell, who is based in Florida. Sewell CRU Group has...
Dec 24 2025 // A powerful winter storm is lashing Southern California, prompting California Governor Gavin Newsom to proclaim a state of emergency in Los Angeles and neighboring counties. Coastal communities are bracing for multiple...
Dec 19 2025 // With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the...
Dec 17 2025 // When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to align premiums with...
Dec 16 2025 // Homeowners required to purchase flood insurance can utilize private flood policies, under federal rules that took effect in 2019. But if they go that route, the property owners risk losing lower, grandfathered premiums if...
Dec 16 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued guidance for flood survivors and the insurance companies and adjusters handling their claims following the evacuation of thousands of Western Washington residents from...
Dec 15 2025 // Washington and the Pacific Northwest are facing multiple rounds of torrential downpours this week, raising flood risks in the region as residents are still grappling with last week’s historic rains.Heavy rain was...
Dec 15 2025 // Flash flooding left at least 37 people dead in a city on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, the North African country’s deadliest such incident in more than two decades.Search and rescue operations remained underway in...
Dec 12 2025 // Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more...
Dec 12 2025 // Most major Canadian highways to the Pacific port city of Vancouver have been shut due to floods, falling rocks and the risk of avalanches, local authorities said on Thursday.“This situation is evolving and very...
Dec 12 2025 // Climate change supercharged devastating floods that killed more than 1,600 people across parts of South and Southeast Asia, according to new research.A trio of tropical cyclones battered the region from Sri Lanka to...
Dec 10 2025 // Can an auto insurer in Massachusetts refuse to offer collision and comprehensive coverages during a flood warning despite a state law that makes it mandatory to offer such coverages?The industry and public are on the road...
Dec 10 2025 // When Zillow Group Inc. removed climate risk scores from its home listings last month, following a complaint from the real estate industry, many observers took to the press and social media to warn that disappearing the...