All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2011 // A leak in a natural gas liquids pipeline operated by Enterprise Products Partners spilled fuel into the Missouri River in Iowa, the company said Monday.The leak was on the Iowa side of Enterprise’s Conway North line...
Aug 15 2011 // A federal disaster official says South Dakota homeowners and business owners who have flood insurance and have suffered flood damage should file claims now. Mark Neveau of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which...
Aug 15 2011 // In a rare compromise, Democrats agreed to let the federal flood insurance program expire in exchange for Republican tax breaks for the wealthy.The Senate voted 74-26 for the bill, which lets the National Flood Insurance...
Aug 12 2011 // Gov. Haley Barbour said several Mississippi counties that reported agricultural losses will be eligible for federal assistance in the aftermath of the Mississippi River flood. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reviewed...
Aug 12 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has so far approved $2.4 million in flood disaster aid in Montana.Unusually heavy rain and a late-melting snowpack resulted in rising water and flooding across the state this...
Aug 9 2011 // The amount of disaster aid paid out in response to flooding in North Dakota this year has surpassed $175 million. FEMA says the total includes private and public assistance. People and businesses in Barnes, Benson,...
Aug 9 2011 // Owners of 21 flood-prone properties in a rural Berkeley County, West Virginia community are being offered buyouts.The parcels in Sportsman’s Paradise include nine vacant lots and 12 with dwellings. Donna Seiler...
Aug 8 2011 // A northern Kentucky county hard hit by spring flooding is receiving nearly $630,000 in federal money to fix damaged roads, parks and buildings.Kathleen Murray, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says seven...
Aug 8 2011 // University of Iowa officials say they’re pleased with how a temporary flood wall held up during a test.The flood wall was erected outside of Art Building West on the Iowa City campus. The building was heavily damaged...
Aug 5 2011 // Tropical Storm Emily broke apart over the mountains of Haiti and the Dominican Republic Thursday, but its remnants still packed rains threatening flash floods and mudslides in the neighboring Caribbean countries.The U.S....
Aug 5 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during...
Aug 4 2011 // A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit three southwestern Illinois counties filed to block the U.S. government from declaring the region’s levees functionally useless. U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert called the...
Aug 4 2011 // Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and set its sights on the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still without shelter after last year’s earthquake.A “steady shield of...
Aug 2 2011 // A Long Island congressman says 13 families who lost their homes in flooding more than a year ago will likely receive federal aid.Rep. Steve Bishop tells Newsday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency informed his...
Aug 1 2011 // MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore. _ The levee system along the Walla Walla River is badly in need of repair in one Eastern Oregon town, costing homeowners a flood insurance premium until the system is fixed.The U.S. Army Corps of...
Jul 26 2011 // Along a newly paved road at Harless Creek in Kentucky’s Pike County, dozens of new vehicles and a handful of new modular homes point to progress since severe flooding hit the area a year ago.At Raccoon Creek, freshly...
Jul 25 2011 // A New Orleans judge has approved a $25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed over the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina.The deal was reached between Tenet Healthcare Corp.,...
Jul 25 2011 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced the release of its Central America tropical cyclone model. “The new model covers Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and...
Jul 25 2011 // Officials say federal and state disaster assistance for victims of North Dakota flooding has gone over the $50 million mark.The money includes grants and low-interest loans. It has gone to residents in Barnes, Burleigh,...
Jul 25 2011 // President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Wyoming because of spring and summer flooding, opening the way for the federal government to help the state pay for costs incurred from damaged roads, highways and...