All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 10 2015 // Workers are finishing up two multimillion dollar flood barriers in Iowa City even as residents welcome a break from flooding that has hit the area in past years.Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict a less...
Jun 8 2015 // A rising Red River covered streets and, in some instances, entered homes in northwestern Louisiana on June 6.The Red was more than five feet above its 30-foot flood stage in Shreveport and was expected to crest there on...
Jun 5 2015 // The recent flooding in Texas means the end of the road for an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles that suffered water damage, National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).That’s the current estimate from Copart, a...
Jun 4 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has released its latest Global Catastrophe Recap report for the month of May. The report highlights the “powerful thunderstorms” that...
Jun 3 2015 // The outgoing director of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) says the program is a “melting iceberg” that is incapable of properly managing its various players including the private insurance carriers...
Jun 2 2015 // Even though it means the commencement of hurricane season, weather-beleaguered Texans are likely pleased that May 2015 has come and gone.Texas was pelted during the month of May with all kinds of violent and deadly...
Jun 2 2015 // The high price of flood insurance can make it difficult for some Iowa residents to sell their homes.The Quad-City Times reports Duane Randleman has been trying to sell for a year-and-a-half and showed his house to more...
Jun 1 2015 // A disaster declaration signed by Pres. Barak Obama will help citizens in Harris, Hays and Van Zandt counties in Texas as they begin to recover from violent storm systems that brought tornadoes, high winds and massive...
Jun 1 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on May 18 mailed out its first round of letters to the National Flood Insurance Program policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy-related claims, asking whether they want their claims...
May 29 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last week sent out its first round of letters to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy-related claims, offering them a chance to...
May 29 2015 // With widespread damage to roads and bridges as a result of recent flooding, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is seeking expedited bidding for county infrastructure projects.Fallin said the full extent of the county-level flooding...
May 29 2015 // Homeowners dragged soggy carpet to the curb and mopped up coffee-colored muck on May 27 after a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma left at least 21 people dead and 11 others missing.More rain fell on the...
May 28 2015 // Farmers across Arkansas are still weathering a series of spring showers that have flooded fields, smothered crops and swept away cattle.Since March 1, between 12 to 18 inches of rain has fallen across the Arkansas River...
May 28 2015 // Record-smashing rainfall and torrential flooding that hammered Oklahoma in May has likely caused millions of dollars’ worth of damage to roads and bridges across the state, although official estimates won’t be...
May 28 2015 // Deadly severe weather in Texas over the long holiday weekend tested government alert and evacuation procedures, as officials scrambled to deal with storms and historic flooding that left more than a dozen people dead and a...
May 27 2015 // Thousands of Texans are in the process of repairing vehicles and cleaning homes of flood water and debris after massive rainstorms inundated many parts of the state.Insurance adjusters are meeting with homeowners to assess...
May 26 2015 // Federal officials have agreed to consider a proposal calling for an end to the federal flood insurance model that allows private insurance carriers to write and service policies.Senator Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., citing...
May 26 2015 // Massive storm systems that pushed through the South Central United States and northern Mexico over the Memorial Day weekend have left behind a path of devastation and destruction.A tornado raged through a Mexico border...
May 22 2015 // More than 400 homeowners whose property lies along the Missouri River in southeast South Dakota are no longer facing a potential surcharge on their flood insurance.The Federal Emergency Management Agency had threated to...
May 22 2015 // With hurricane season approaching, the Army Corps of Engineers is running through its plans to better protect New Orleans from flooding and testing pumps and floodgates built around this low-lying metropolis since...