All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 22 2013 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is encouraging homeowners to consider buying flood insurance to help protect against potential spring floods.Winter ice and snow increases the chance of spring flooding, Pennsylvania...
Mar 21 2013 // In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas...
Mar 21 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday, March 19, that he is asking the federal government to let the state use $250 million in Sandy aid to help New Jersey buy out homeowners in flood-prone areas, but he does not...
Mar 21 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is giving the city of Minot about $2.1 million for the first phase of a project to protect the city’s water treatment plant with a floodwall. FEMA says the $2.7 million...
Mar 20 2013 // What would happen if the rare and extreme series of storms that hammered Indiana 100 years ago this month occurred today?There would be significant damage, according to the Midwest Regional Climate Center. But with modern...
Mar 18 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to buy out a total of 90 properties across Vermont that were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and other 2011 flooding.Eight structures were deemed ineligible for the...
Mar 18 2013 // New Jersey’s adoption of expanded flood maps in the wake of Superstorm Sandy has put more than 33,000 additional residential buildings in flood zones, a nearly 15 percent increase.Destroyed homes and washed away...
Mar 18 2013 // State officials are urging Mainers to consider buying flood insurance if their home or business is located close to a body of water. The Maine Floodplain Management Program says standard home- and business-owners’...
Mar 15 2013 // The New York City Council has approved new safety rules and procedures this week concerning the city residents’ home elevation projects following Superstorm Sandy.The city council said these rules were prompted in...
Mar 15 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has made $2.7 billion in flood insurance payments to New Jersey claimants since Superstorm Sandy hit the state last October. The agency also announced Tuesday that it has...
Mar 14 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced statewide plans Tuesday to use $1.7 billion in federal storm-damage funds for home repairs, government buyouts of property in flood-prone areas, low-interest loans, flood-prevention...
Mar 14 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has launched a suite of new scenario models to generate loss estimates for specific historic or hypothetical events.The bulletin...
Mar 13 2013 // Recent rain and snowstorms have eased the grip of the worst U.S. drought in decades in portions of the nation’s midsection, swelling some major inland rivers to near flood stage and drenching some farmland enough to...
Mar 12 2013 // A group of U.S. representatives from New York is proposing a bill that would stretch out the National Flood Insurance Program’s premium increase timeline.On Monday, U.S. Reps. Michael G. Grimm (R-N.Y.), Gregory Meeks...
Mar 11 2013 // It sounds like the premise for a new reality TV series: “Hurricane House” — people scouring waterside communities looking to buy homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy at a deep discount.While there are...
Mar 11 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced on Feb. 25 his administration would offer a mediation program to Sandy victims who are still in dispute with their insurers.Christie said his administration is establishing a new...
Mar 11 2013 // The Mississippi River flooding of 2011 caused $2.8 billion in damage and tested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ system of levees, reservoirs and floodways like never before, exposing vulnerabilities that need...
Mar 11 2013 // A federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for flood damage in 2010 to the Grand Ole Opry, Gibson Guitar and other Nashville-area businesses.The companies...
Mar 7 2013 // Zurich Insurance Group announced a CHF 21 million [$22.18 million] five-year alliance with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Zurich said its five-year commitment would serve as...
Mar 6 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has released the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disasters that occurred...