All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 10 2011 // United Way officials in Vermont say they want to collect information to help make the case to the federal government that the state should be eligible for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Jun 9 2011 // A federal official says people who bought flood insurance at the last minute after learning of plans to release record amounts of water through the Missouri River reservoir system will not have coverage for damage caused...
Jun 7 2011 // Residents of unincorporated St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana are getting $1.9 million in premium decreases for federal flood insurance. Officials say that’s the result of an improvement in the parish’s flood...
Jun 6 2011 // The percentage of homes covered by typical residential property policies varies by region.All the devastation from natural disasters that have occurred across the nation in recent months illuminates the fact that many,...
Jun 6 2011 // The Final Straw?“It’s only a large U.S. event that can turn things around. The U.S. is the biggest insurance market with the biggest exposures.” —Amit Kumar, an analyst at Macquarie in New York. The...
Jun 6 2011 // In light of the hurricane season that began June 1 and ongoing Mississippi and Atchafalaya flooding, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is imploring consumers to protect themselves and their property against...
Jun 6 2011 // All the devastation from natural disasters that have occurred across the nation in recent months illuminates the fact that many, many homes across the United States are either uninsured or underinsured.Violent weather and...
Jun 3 2011 // As the rivers running through eastern Arkansas start to recede, residents and farmers are beginning to cope with the aftermath of devastating floods — ruined homes, ravaged farmland and major holes in local...
May 31 2011 // Flood warnings are in effect for seven Utah counties as three rivers flow over their banks.The National Weather Service says the Weber River and Lost Creek in northern Utah are flooding and the Sevier River in central Utah...
May 23 2011 // The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this Louisiana town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River has inched toward their homes, with their frustration and hope painted on signs posted...
May 19 2011 // The Army has informed members of Missouri’s congressional delegation that while restoration of the land behind the Birds Point Levee is a high priority, the process of getting an accurate damage assessment...
May 18 2011 // Emergency workers in nearly half of California counties will be practicing for a catastrophic flood this week — a drill given added urgency by the once-in-a-generation flooding in the Mississippi River delta 2,300...
May 18 2011 // Ann Flood has been appointed Chief Deputy Commissioner in Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR), effective May 17, 2011. She will oversee OFIR’s Office of General Counsel, Health Plans...
May 18 2011 // Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain D.V.M., said the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has guaranteed that Morganza Spillway farmers whose crops have been damaged by flooding caused by the...
May 17 2011 // The key waterway for U.S. grain exports was cut off Monday when the U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi.The Coast Guard said 15 miles of the Mississippi was closed to all traffic to...
May 17 2011 // According to a bulletin on its web site, the Insurance Council of Australia has released updated figures on “how the general industry has responded to the enormous task of assessing over 118,000 insurance claims...
May 16 2011 // Waters unleashed by the opening of a key Mississippi River floodway crept through the Louisiana bayou Monday in a surge that could leave thousands of homes and farms under as much as 20 feet of water.The U.S. Army Corps of...
May 16 2011 // The opening of a key spillway to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River could create logistical headaches for big Gulf Coast refiners, but will likely spare the lion’s share of the area’s refining...
May 16 2011 // The flooding that has inundated low-lying communities and farmland for miles along the Upper and Lower Mississippi River is due to a large, slow-moving storm system that was spawned nearly a month ago.“The flooding...
May 16 2011 // Major U.S. insurers are pushing to gain control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as lawmakers contemplate reforms to the nation’s flood insurance system.The conflict began last year when State...