All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2016 // Norfolk officials are urging residents to take notice of proposed changes to federal flood insurance rate maps in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.The Virginian-Pilot reports that the rate maps would require some landowners...
Nov 10 2016 // Hurricane Matthew, which swept through parts of the Caribbean and United States, had total economic losses of up to US$15 billion, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.In...
Nov 8 2016 // The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Souris River flood protection project in North Dakota’s Ward County and is accepting public comments through Dec....
Nov 7 2016 // It’s been just over a month since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is far...
Nov 7 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to file claims from Hurricane Hermine.“After productive discussions between Insurance...
Nov 6 2016 // Families in four North Carolina counties forced from their homes after flooding from Hurricane Matthew could be moving into mobile homes soon.Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved...
Nov 4 2016 // Livingston Parish officials say the removal of August flood debris has topped the $13 million mark, with the final pickup set to begin. Mark Harrell, the parish’s emergency preparedness director, says the...
Nov 4 2016 // Climate change is a major concern for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Zurich Insurance Group’s fourth annual global SME survey. Almost four-fifths (78 percent) of SMEs surveyed expected risks...
Nov 3 2016 // Gov. Scott Walker says the U.S. Small Business Administration will make low-interest disaster loans available for people and businesses in western Wisconsin affected by flash flooding in September. The SBA lists Vernon...
Oct 28 2016 // As the last river finally falls below major flood stage near the coast, a rapidly worsening drought is killing crops and causing hard-to-fight wildfires in rugged terrain in western North Carolina and South Carolina.The...
Oct 27 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller is urging homeowners whose properties suffered damage in the recent flooding that hit several North Central Pennsylvania counties to be cautious of scams when seeking...
Oct 27 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to file claims from Hurricane Hermine.“After productive discussions between Insurance...
Oct 26 2016 // As one part of South Carolina continues to recover from flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew, another area is suffering a drought.The Greenville News reports Upstate residents are being asked to conserve by limiting...
Oct 26 2016 // Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, sheriff’s deputies say a man and a woman with numerous aliases are wanted in a flood contractor scheme that has taken more than $35,000 from two victims already in the Ponchatoula and...
Oct 25 2016 // The number of flood insurance policies sold in Iowa dropped 22 percent between 2011 and this year, but it’s hard to determine the reason for the decline.The Des Moines Register reported the number of policies fell to...
Oct 25 2016 // With historic flood levels in North Carolina receding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, preliminary estimates show that only a sliver of commercial and residential properties in areas most impacted by the storm are...
Oct 24 2016 // South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says crops in some areas of the state may have sustained as much damage from Hurricane Matthew as they did from last year’s historic flooding.The...
Oct 24 2016 // Gov. John Bel Edwards bumped up his request to more than $4 billion for federal flood disaster aid to repair south Louisiana’s flood destruction, according to a letter to the White House released Friday.The...
Oct 24 2016 // More than two weeks after Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina, some areas are still flooded and others are beginning the long process of recovery.In North Carolina, the hurricane dumped more than a foot of rain 100 miles...
Oct 21 2016 // Typhoon Haima made landfall in China after it brushed past Hong Kong, forcing the city’s stock exchange to cancel trading for the day and airlines to suspend flights.The Hong Kong Observatory said it will consider...