All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has released a briefing that provides updated estimates of insurers’ losses from the Thailand floods. The overall industry wide insurers’ loss estimates from the floods have increased 50 percent...
Feb 10 2012 // Federal officials investigating a pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of oil into a Montana river said Wednesday that few companies take river erosion and other risks into account when evaluating pipeline safety.In...
Feb 10 2012 // Iowa cities struggling to afford necessary improvements to protect against flooding could get some help from the state under a plan that aims to safeguard areas of economic or historical significance.A Senate...
Feb 8 2012 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has declared an agriculture flood disaster in Jackson County stemming from heavy rains in late November. The declaration, made on Tuesday, means the state Department of Agriculture can apply for...
Feb 8 2012 // Twice in less than a century, Waterbury’s 1827 Congregational Church, at the crest of a small rise on Main Street, has played a critical role in helping the community escape the ravages of the rising Winooski River...
Feb 6 2012 // In 2011, the mining insurance market was not only hit by $2.7 billion in natural catastrophe losses, but over 60 operational losses totaling $835 million. The $3.5 billion total estimate of losses facing mining insurers...
Feb 6 2012 // Damage from 2011’s record spring floods could leave many people along the Mississippi River in even more danger this year, the Army Corps of Engineers said.The Corps said it’s assessing the damage to levees,...
Feb 6 2012 // Damage from last year’s record spring floods could leave many people along the Mississippi River in even more danger this year, the Army Corps of Engineers said.The Corp said it’s assessing the damage to...
Feb 3 2012 // Heavy rains shut four coal mines in eastern Australia on Friday as military helicopters evacuated stranded residents from inundated towns, and authorities warned of further flash flooding.More than 11,000 people in...
Feb 2 2012 // Preliminary assessments indicate the wind, rain and snow that hit Oregon in mid-January caused an estimated $38 million in damage to nine counties.The Oregonian reported that figure is expected to grow. Flooding was blamed...
Feb 1 2012 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that the flood risk faced by communities in political constituencies across England and Wales presents a “worrying”‘ situation.It selected...
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Jan 30 2012 // State and federal programs offer homeowners in North Jersey’s flood-ravaged areas a buyout. But the combination of red tape and limited funding is keeping many from that promise and a fresh start in a new and drier...
Jan 30 2012 // Damage from last year’s record spring floods could leave many people along the Mississippi River in even more danger this year, the Army Corps of Engineers said.The Corps said it’s assessing the damage to...
Jan 30 2012 // The risk of significant flooding in the Red River Valley is down from recent years and even lower than last month’s forecast due to the lack of snow, forecasters said on Jan. 26 — bolstering hopes the region may be...
Jan 26 2012 // The Oregon State Motor Pool says 145 vehicles were damaged when floodwaters inundated its parking lot Thursday in Salem. The Statesman Journal reports insurance adjusters are adding up the damage. The Department of...
Jan 25 2012 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., headquartered in Houston, has reported preliminary fourth quarter 2011 catastrophe losses, after reinsurance and reinstatement premium, of $10 million pretax ($6.5 million after-tax).These...
Jan 24 2012 // June Tierney and Kellie Burke never envisioned island living in the Vermont woods, but Tropical Storm Irene had other ideas.Their home, a two-story, natural-sided saltbox, was a rural idyll on a wooded 10-acre lot off a...
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Jan 23 2012 // An expert task force convened by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission called Japan’s nuclear disaster “unacceptable” and concluded that nuclear power plants in the U.S. need better protections for rare,...