All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2012 // As spring folds into summer and tornado season segues into flood and hurricane season, federal lawmakers are revisting whether to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program for what seems like the...
May 21 2012 // Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House...
May 21 2012 // An insurance company selling federal flood insurance has won a case against a Mississippi homeowner who claimed the insurer was negligent in not informing him that he was eligible to buy a preferred risk policy with more...
May 16 2012 // The House is expected to vote today on an extension of the federal flood insurance program until the end of June but the fate of program in the Senate is still uncertain.The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is now...
May 15 2012 // Madison residents continue to clean up a week after a storm dropped six inches of rain that caused flash flooding, and some want to ensure it never happens again.They plan to ask city leaders to consider building a water...
May 15 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed a large portion of a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 140 southeast Missouri farmers whose land was damaged when Birds Point levee was intentionally breached last year.Judge Nancy B....
May 9 2012 // Senators Jon Tester, D-Mont., and David Vitter, R-La., held a hearing today examining the need for long-term reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. The flood program program is set to expire at...
May 8 2012 // Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are asking the federal government for help to prevent possible flooding at Santa Clara Pueblo.Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan say the northern...
May 7 2012 // The end in June of the UK government’s agreement with the country’s insurance industry, the Statement of Principles (SoP) agreement, which provides insurance in high flood risk areas, “may prove positive...
May 7 2012 // Federal emergency officials are calling on insurance agents to stop offering clients a cut of their commission if a customer agrees to purchase a flood policy.The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking aim at...
May 7 2012 // A bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers could hinder the ability of some communities to participate in the federally funded flood insurance program, federal officials say.The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
May 3 2012 // Federal officials are putting fresh pressure on Congress to take action on the National Flood Insurance Program, whose authorization expires at the end of this month, one day before hurricane season begins.The NFIP has...
May 2 2012 // Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House...
May 1 2012 // An insurance company selling federal flood insurance has won a case against a Mississippi homeowner who claimed the insurer was negligent in not informing him that he was eligible to buy a preferred risk policy with more...
May 1 2012 // Five homes have been flooded in the interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs and high water is threatening 20 more.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports an ice jam formed on the Tanana River downstream of the...
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter is pushing for a long-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. The Louisiana Republican wants to stop extending the program with short-term extensions. The insurance program, which...
Apr 27 2012 // One Florida insurance agency is protesting a decision by the federal flood insurance program that would stop insurers and agents from offering clients a rebate on agents’ commission to customers who buy flood...
Apr 26 2012 // Stephen Cutlip had only been living in Mendon for several weeks when he was displaced last summer by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.Following the August flood, he lived in a series of motels then spent three months in...
Apr 26 2012 // Officials in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have begun the annual work of assembling the parish’s “Cat 5” flood team. The task force is charged with identifying places in the parish that flood excessively...
Apr 25 2012 // Federal flood insurance officials are urging Congress to renew the federal program.The National Flood Insurance Program is scheduled to expire on May 31 unless Congress acts, in advance, to reauthorize it. “Without...