All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 23 2015 // A storm system that blanketed one West Texas city with hail is moving east, leaving other parts of the state awash under fast-moving floods.Odessa Emergency Management says crews conducted about 30 swift-water rescues from...
Oct 22 2015 // Most Texas homeowners are unprotected when it comes to flood damage, a state insurance trade group says. Less than 25 percent of Texas homeowners carry flood insurance despite the risks of massive downpours that could...
Oct 20 2015 // A report from catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide highlights “widespread flooding, landslides, wrecked roads and bridges, downed trees, and power outages” in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon...
Oct 19 2015 // Commercial property insurance continues to be a buyer’s market with additional capacity still making its way into an already overcrowded space. In the current market it is important for the insureds to set goals...
Oct 19 2015 // A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts increased greatly after industrialization, and major storms that once might have occurred every 500 years could...
Oct 19 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has followed through on his promise to State Senator Jeff Brandes to investigate the National Flood Insurance Program’s rating practices of Floridians.In an Oct. 2 letter...
Oct 19 2015 // The claims filing and damage recovery process is underway in South Carolina after the mega-storm that hit the state Oct. 1 through Oct. 5 brought extensive damage statewide with some areas receiving more than two feet of...
Oct 18 2015 // Two weeks ago, South Carolina’s floods sent 6 feet of water into Walt Oliver’s home. Now, after volunteers helped gut the ruined plaster, carpeting, duct work and hardwood floors, it’s “down to...
Oct 16 2015 // Central Texas may currently be under drought conditions and suffering from elevated wildfire risk but merely months ago the situation was just the opposite. In May, the Austin and Central Texas areas were deluged with...
Oct 16 2015 // Pasco County, Florida officials have learned that flooding this past summer could end up costing the county more than $107 million in repairs.The Tampa Bay Times reports that the county’s Public Works Manager DiAnna...
Oct 12 2015 // Thad Wimberly tugs on a clump of peanuts, shaking off the mud as he cracks the soggy shells to inspect his crop. But all he can do is sigh as his livelihood disintegrates between his fingers.Just a week ago, the 2,500...
Oct 11 2015 // Federal attorneys filed notice on Oct. 9 that they will appeal a judge’s ruling that the U.S. government is responsible for some of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other storms — flooding blamed on...
Oct 9 2015 // The pungent stench of mildew greeted Asiah Lewis when she came home to her South Carolina apartment, her footsteps making squishing sounds on the carpet as she picked through soggy clothes and a lifted a moldy shoe from...
Oct 9 2015 // New England Flood Insurance (NEFI) is now offering flood insurance to homeowners in New England.Coverage is underwritten by NEFI and backed by an A rated carrier and is not affiliated with the National Flood Insurance...
Oct 8 2015 // The rain has stopped in South Carolina and claims filing and damage recovery are underway even as residents are being told to expect more flooding through the weekend.The mega storm that hit South Carolina starting Oct. 1...
Oct 7 2015 // “We’ve had a flood,” says the insured. “Oh, no!” the agent says, “What happened?” What really happened, and the coverage implications of what happened, is what must be considered...
Oct 6 2015 // Claims are already starting to trickle in from the major storm that hit South Carolina over the weekend and that is now causing additional flooding problems in North Carolina.According to State Farm Spokesman Justin...
Oct 5 2015 // The insurance industry is bracing itself for an expected onslaught of claims in the wake of what South Carolina officials are calling a 1 in 1,000 year storm.“This is an extremely devastating event,” said South...
Oct 5 2015 // Over the weekend, the nation saw the horrific toll of massive flooding across South Carolina, which has left at least nine dead. The Charleston area got nearly a dozen inches of rain on Saturday, while some parts of the...
Oct 5 2015 // A dangerous rainstorm drenching the East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina – cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing “too many roads to name” because of...