All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 17 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...
Apr 17 2012 // Federal emergency officials are calling on insurance agents to stop offering clients a cut of the agent’s commission if the client agrees to purchase a flood policy.The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking...
Apr 13 2012 // An advocacy group is bypassing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and going straight to the National Park Service in a quest to have two spots where levees failed during Hurricane Katrina added to the National Registry of...
Apr 13 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will cover more local costs for recovery from the storms that flooded parts of New York last summer.His office says the state will make $61 million available to 25 counties to help...
Apr 9 2012 // The levees in Tunica, Mississippi, held.But that doesn’t mean the record Mississippi River flood of 2011 didn’t leave destruction in its wake. As hundreds of Mississippi residents struggle to get back into...
Apr 6 2012 // The Sorrento Town Council in Louisiana has voted 3-0 to pay claims by residents whose homes were flooded and soiled by backups from the town’s troubled sewer system.The Advocate reports the vote on April 4 gave Mayor...
Apr 6 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has released the latest edition of its Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide...
Apr 5 2012 // Federal flood recovery aid is not enough to meet the needs of Minot and Burlington, N.D., as they recover from record Souris River flooding last year, officials in those cities say.“The current level of federal aid...
Apr 3 2012 // Broome County Executive Debbie Preston in New York recently hosted an open house to help local residents who are still suffering from last year’s flooding. People took part in a open house for flood survivors at...
Apr 3 2012 // New federal flood insurance rate maps are going into effect and affecting thousands of Livingston Parish, La., homeowners.The Advocate reports many people whose homes have never flooded will be required by their mortgage...
Apr 2 2012 // Sunday, April 1, marked the 25th anniversary of one of the worst floods in Maine history. On April 1, 1987, major rivers overflowed their banks, ripping out bridges and roads, destroying homes and wrecking businesses. A...
Apr 2 2012 // Minnesota transportation officials have announced eight flood mitigation projects to be built over the next five years.The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the projects total $30 million and are part of a $50...
Apr 2 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 140 southeast Missouri farmers over damage caused by last year’s intentional breach of the Birds Point levee at the...
Apr 2 2012 // PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company providing industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data, has updated its Europe Industry Exposure Database with revised “market-wide property sums insured for...
Apr 2 2012 // Eighteen Arkansas residents died in floods last year, the most in any state in the nation but fewer than in the year before, the National Weather Service said.The deaths happened in March through May. Six were in Benton...
Mar 30 2012 // Souris River flooding last summer caused more than $690 million in damage in the northern North Dakota counties of Ward and McHenry. The Army Corps of Engineers says most of the damage was in Minot, where more than 4,000...
Mar 29 2012 // The city of Cedar Rapids has awarded a nearly $539,000 to continue demolition of flood-damaged residential and commercial structures. The city said in a news release Tuesday that under the contract, Kelly Demolition will...
Mar 28 2012 // A federal judge is hearing arguments over whether to stop the federal government from issuing flood insurance policies for new development in flood-prone areas around Puget Sound. The National Wildlife Federation alleges...
Mar 28 2012 // Although everyone is more or less aware that 2011 was a very bad year for losses from natural catastrophes, the figures compiled by Swiss Re evince just how bad they actually were. In its latest sigma study the reinsurer...
Mar 27 2012 // It’s Tsunami Preparedness Week, and that means states that border the Pacific Ocean may be hearing more buzz about the rare but deadly act of nature that poses catastrophic risks to coastal regions.If you’re...