All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2013 // The owners of eight flood-prone properties near Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, R.I., are using federal grant funds to raise their homes and businesses high enough to minimize any future damage. The Westerly Sun...
Dec 16 2013 // The city of Hoboken, New Jersey, was nearly swallowed by the Hudson River during Superstorm Sandy last year. Three of its electrical substations and most of its firehouses flooded, businesses and homes were submerged, and...
Dec 13 2013 // Residents and officials in flood-prone north-central Pennsylvania are warning that a new federal law ending subsidized federal flood insurance rates in certain areas will bankrupt homeowners, drive down property values and...
Dec 13 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured wind losses from Extratropical Cyclone Xaver will range between €700 million [$963 million] and €1.4 billion [$1.926 billion], with the majority of the...
Dec 12 2013 // When it comes to climate change, local officials have a message for Washington: Lead or get out of the way.Local governments have long acted as first responders in emergencies and now are working to plan for sea level...
Dec 11 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has issued a report on the aftermath of Extratropical Cyclone Xaver, which affected large parts of northern Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Germany, the...
Dec 6 2013 // Some property owners in Douglas County, Kansas, could soon pay more for federal insurance.The federal government’s decision to phase out subsidized insurance in special flood hazard areas will increase costs for 168...
Dec 6 2013 // The Iowa Flood Mitigation Board has awarded millions of dollars for flood protection projects in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and other Iowa cities.The awards were announced on Dec. 4. The Iowa Legislature created the board to...
Dec 6 2013 // The University of Iowa says the Federal Emergency Management Agency will not require the school to purchase additional flood insurance after all.UI vice president of finance and operations Doug True said the news “is...
Dec 6 2013 // A report from catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide notes that Winter Storm Xaver hit the north of Scotland last night, Thursday the 5th of December, with wind gusts of more than 140 mph (225 km/h), recorded in the...
Dec 5 2013 // Over the next 12 months, the Obama administration is due to issue regulations governing everything from e-cigarettes to smoke-stack emissions in what experts predict will be a second-term rush to put rules in place before...
Dec 4 2013 // Ironshore’s Personal Lines unit is expanding flood insurance coverage for high net worth homeowner clients. The excess flood insurance is an endorsement available on homeowners policies underwritten by Ironshore...
Dec 4 2013 // Commissioners in Douglas County, Kansas, will hear a presentation about the impact of changes taking effect next year in the National Flood Insurance Program.The Lawrence Journal-World reports the changes could affect the...
Dec 3 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has announced the launch of the “first probabilistic catastrophe model to understand the financial impact of flood damage in...
Dec 2 2013 // Louisiana’s Department of Insurance has joined a lawsuit filed by Mississippi against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program.Commissioner Jim...
Dec 2 2013 // The federal government has approved funding to start a $50 million flood-mitigation project along the Queens waterfront to better protect Howard Beach against rising sea levels and storm surges similar to those that caused...
Dec 2 2013 // Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory have a new project in the works that aims to better predict the intensity of storm surges on the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay...
Dec 2 2013 // The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed.In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal...
Dec 2 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said it cannot extend the deadline for Superstorm Sandy victims who may want to file lawsuits challenging a denial or disallowance of all or part of their federal flood...
Dec 2 2013 // Efforts to delay implementation of changes in the federal flood insurance program have run into roadblocks on both sides of Capitol Hill.The leaders of the House Financial Services Committee say they are standing behind...