All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2012 // A long-term Souris River flood protection plan in North Dakota could cost $820 million.Engineers have released their 1,500-page proposal to protect areas from Burlington through Minot to Velva, and also Mouse River Park in...
Mar 5 2012 // A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for property owners’ claims, agreeing the shoddy work on a shipping channel caused billions of dollars in...
Mar 5 2012 // First the waters came with the rains of Hurricane Irene’s remnants, swamping dozens of Vermont communities, destroying homes, businesses, roads and upending lives. The cover of the book "When the River...
Mar 5 2012 // Last August, Hurricane Irene spun through the Caribbean and parts of the eastern United States, leaving widespread wreckage in its wake. Many hurricane analysts suggested, based on the wide extent of flooding, that Irene...
Mar 2 2012 // North Carolina regulators have recovered over $400,000 for policyholders stemming from claims filed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.At the same time, the regulators are calling for a five year extension in the federal...
Mar 2 2012 // A Souris River flood protection plan in North Dakota could cost $820 million.Engineers have released their 1,500-page proposal to protect areas from Burlington through Minot to Velva, and also Mouse River Park in Renville...
Feb 29 2012 // The Denham Springs, La., City Council has approved changes to its flood ordinances.The Advocate reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency had given the city a deadline of April 3 to make the changes or lose the right...
Feb 29 2012 // The state of Mississippi has asked Hancock County for $6 million in funds not spent on a “property acquisition” project.The project is a limited buy-out plan designated to reduce the repetitive losses of...
Feb 24 2012 // The Mississippi House has approved a bill to allow local governments to enforce federal floodplains codes at hunting and fishing camps and remain in the National Flood Insurance Program.The bill (House Bill 773) would...
Feb 24 2012 // North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is making a no-interest state loan available to repair two schools and other public buildings in Tyrrell and Pamlico counties damaged during Hurricane Irene last August. Perdue authorized...
Feb 20 2012 // Hartford Financial Services Group reported $127 million for its 2011 fourth-quarter net income, down 79 percent from one year ago. Results were dragged down by higher net capital losses and current and prior-year reserve...
Feb 17 2012 // The flood outlook for the Red River in eastern North Dakota is focusing on a word that hasn’t been used much by the National Weather Service in recent years: minor.Figures released Thursday show the chances for minor...
Feb 17 2012 // Traditionally risk-takers, property/casualty insurance companies have become more like risk-avoiders when it comes to weather-related claims, leaving consumers and taxpayers to pay much higher costs, according to a new...
Feb 17 2012 // The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwaters.The Federal...
Feb 16 2012 // The Denham Springs, La., City Council has adopted new federal flood insurance maps.The Advocate reports both the city and Livingston Parish governments had unsuccessfully challenged the new Federal Emergency Management...
Feb 15 2012 // Congressman John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, Calif., on Tuesday introduced the Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2012 to help offset the cost of flood insurance that will likely be required in many of the state’s...
Feb 15 2012 // Last August, Hurricane Irene spun through the Caribbean and parts of the eastern United States, leaving widespread wreckage in its wake. The Category 3 storm whipped up water levels, generating storm surges that swept over...
Feb 14 2012 // Lloyd’s announced that it is estimating its overall net claims from the flooding in Thailand last year to be in the $2.2 billion range. The figure is based on an industry loss estimate of between $15 and $20...
Feb 14 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network around Omaha. The repairs being made around Omaha are part of the work being done along the Missouri River to prepare...
Feb 14 2012 // Forty-one U.S. senators from both parties have signed a letter urging the Senate to schedule a vote on legislation to reform and extend the federal flood insurance program “as expeditiously as possible in February or...