All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 12 2022 // Officials in three southeastern Indiana counties have declared local disasters following flash flooding last weekend that killed one woman and damaged numerous homes and roads.Staffers with the Indiana Department of...
Sep 12 2022 // A visit to Houston last week by the Dutch queen highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the Netherlands that grew from their fight against a mutual enemy: flooding.While meeting with Houston’s mayor, Queen...
Sep 9 2022 // Officials continued to scramble this week to restore water service in parts of a northwest Georgia county after flash flooding submerged pumps and flooded buildings.Chattooga County officials said water for 8,000 customers...
Sep 8 2022 // South Africans could soon be paying as much as 5% more on their premiums as insurers face growing risks both globally and locally.The country is now considered “very risky” due to mounting flood and fire...
Sep 8 2022 // PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The heavy rain that caused street flooding and forced the closure of major roads in Rhode Island on Labor Day continued on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.Nearly 11 inches of rain...
Sep 7 2022 // A woman was killed during weekend flash flooding in rural southeastern Indiana that damaged numerous homes and washed away several roads, officials said.Normally small creeks were overwhelmed as perhaps eight inches of...
Sep 7 2022 // SEHWAN, Pakistan – Parts of Pakistan seemed “like a sea,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the South Asian nation,...
Sep 6 2022 // Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia over the Labor Day weekend, sparking flash flooding in some areas. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out,...
Sep 2 2022 // Insured losses from floods doubled to $80 billion globally during 2011-2020 compared to the previous decade, while insurance penetration lingered at just 18%, according to Swiss Re Institute’s economic insights...
Aug 31 2022 // In Mississippi’s capital, thousands of residents have no running water, after river flooding contributed to longstanding problems at the city’s water treatment facilities.Emergency officials on Tuesday were...
Aug 30 2022 // The United Nations issued a flash appeal on Tuesday for $160 million to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods that have killed more than 1,100 people, destroyed infrastructure and crops, and affected 33 million...
Aug 30 2022 // More than 100,000 people have been moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that was devastated by a heatwave and drought for most of the summer.Heavy rain was...
Aug 29 2022 // The faded and weathered construction permits still taped to Houston resident Mal Moses’ front door are reminders of the difficulties he faced in trying to get his mold-infested walls and leaky roof repaired after...
Aug 29 2022 // The rental home that Suzannah Thames owns in Mississippi’s capital city was filled with dirty, snake-infested flood water when the Pearl River overflowed its banks in 2020.On Friday, Thames pointed to a column on the...
Aug 29 2022 // Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world’s largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050, according to a report released on Monday.This year heavy...
Aug 29 2022 // ISLAMABAD (AP) – Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate...
Aug 26 2022 // The main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix was damaged by a flash flood that washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert in the latest bout of punishing monsoonal thunderstorms that have hit the...
Aug 26 2022 // Heavy rain and flash flooding have prompted evacuations, rescue operations and closures across Mississippi.Rain has pummeled the central and southern parts of the state for the last three days. In statements posted to...
Aug 25 2022 // Atmospheric rivers that bombard the Western U.S. from time to time could result in as much as $3.2 billion in flood damage by century’s end, according to researchers who published a new study in the journal...
Aug 25 2022 // Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a drought.Sound familiar? It should. The Dallas region is just the latest drought-suffering-but-flooded...