All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2016 // Adrian Peterson grew up in Palestine, Texas, and has felt the support of its people as he rose to prominence in the NFL and when he endured the hardships that followed.Now, in his hometown’s hour of need, the...
May 6 2016 // Mississippi victims of March flooding now have more time to file their required Proof of Loss form, according to a statement from the Mississippi Insurance Department.Mississippi’s Commissioner of Insurance Mike...
May 5 2016 // The global economy suffered the worst April natural disaster losses for five years, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.Earthquakes, convective storms and flooding...
May 2 2016 // In less than an hour early on April 29, more than 7 inches of rain had accumulated at the water treatment plant in Palestine, Texas. The flash-flooding that occurred as a result is blamed for six fatalities.Palestine Mayor...
May 2 2016 // The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of...
May 2 2016 // The Senate has approved a bill providing $40 million to South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall’s flooding.Senators voted 33-3 Thursday on legislation allowing farmers in disaster-declared counties to apply...
May 2 2016 // It’s not for the faint of heart, I can tell you that… Anyone who comes in here and thinks it’s an easy job really does not have any idea what they’re getting into. But it’s been a...
May 2 2016 // Building in flood zones is about to get harder across much of Oregon, due to new federal recommendations.The government published the recommendations, called a biological opinion, in response to a lawsuit from...
May 2 2016 // Major flooding in the Houston metropolitan area that began on Sunday, April 17, 2016, and continued throughout the week is expected to result in billions of dollars in losses, both insured and uninsured.According to...
Apr 28 2016 // A group of residents is prepared to take Honolulu, Hawaii officials to court over the city’s multibillion-dollar rail project because of concerns that the rail could be vulnerable to flood damage. The Honolulu...
Apr 28 2016 // Nearly 240 Texas and Louisiana residents have sued the Sabine River Authority over March flooding that inundated hundreds of homes and closed Interstate 10.Communities in Southeast Texas and Louisiana were flooded by up to...
Apr 26 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted a 60-day extension on filing the Proof of Loss form for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Apr 26 2016 // Nationwide will start winding down its status this May as a “Write Your Own” carrier within the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program. Assurant said it formed an agreement with the insurer...
Apr 25 2016 // Officials in Houston have closed the last of the city’s shelters and moved more than 150 families into temporary housing following the torrential rains that claimed eight lives and displaced thousands of people in...
Apr 25 2016 // Leaders of nonprofit groups in Horry County, South Carolina, say that, six months after historic rains inundated South Carolina, volunteers are needed to help repair hundreds of homes in the county.The Sun News reports...
Apr 24 2016 // The state of South Dakota is working on new online flood mapping tools for the Big Sioux River Basin.The Google maps-style program should allow cities, counties, developers and emergency managers to test the flooding...
Apr 24 2016 // The city of Bellevue, Neb., the Metropolitan Utilities District, a plumbing contractor and its insurance company disagree about who’s to blame for a ruptured water line that flooded about 12 homes in February.The...
Apr 22 2016 // Eleven months ago, Houston had a deadly flood. This week, the city had another.Events like these are often called “100-year floods,” and that can be misleading. The U.S. government began using the term in the...
Apr 21 2016 // “It’s not for the faint of heart, I can tell you that… Anyone who comes in here and thinks it’s an easy job really does not have any idea what they’re getting into. But it’s been a...
Apr 19 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend its deadline for Louisiana homeowners impacted by flooding, the insurance department announced.A federal disaster...