All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 3 2010 // Iowa officials say they’ll use about $10 million in federal grant money on projects that they say will manage runoff and mitigate future flood damage. Iowa received an $84.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of...
Nov 1 2010 // Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance,...
Nov 1 2010 // Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance,...
Oct 26 2010 // The newly installed UK government has been announcing cutbacks in all sectors of the economy in order to bring down Britain’s budget deficit. The cuts will effect investment in flood defense spending as well.Nick...
Oct 26 2010 // The staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is backing off a suggested flood plain rule that could have further limited where new hospitals, police stations and other critical facilities could be built.The board is...
Oct 21 2010 // Businesses affected by the historic flooding during 2008 now have access to more grant money to pay for inventory and equipment losses. The Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce said that the state of Iowa has raised the...
Oct 20 2010 // Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance,...
Oct 18 2010 // The nation’s flood insurance program is extending the availability of lower cost policies for some property owners who have been recently remapped into higher-priced areas.Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the...
Oct 18 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011.The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Oct 15 2010 // A developer is trying a last-ditch effort to save the flood-damaged Czech Village neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.A survey determined there were 21 of the 150 or so homes damaged in 2008 that could be eligible for the...
Oct 15 2010 // The federal government has declared 21 counties in southern Minnesota disaster areas, prompting Gov. Tim Pawlenty to convene a special session for Oct. 18.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says funds are available to...
Oct 8 2010 // Asia’s death toll from vicious rains spiked Thursday to nearly 140 as disaster officials reached previously isolated areas in Vietnam, while the worst flooding in parts of southern China in nearly a half-century...
Oct 7 2010 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has released “detailed risk estimates and large event scenarios for key cities including São Paulo, Santiago and...
Oct 6 2010 // Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties Tuesday after a flood of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant engulfed several towns and burned people through their clothes. One official called it “an...
Oct 4 2010 // The nation’s flood insurance program is extending the availability of lower cost policies for some property owners who have been recently remapped into higher-priced areas.Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the...
Oct 4 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011.The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Oct 4 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011.The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Oct 4 2010 // Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been re-zoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low-to-moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa....
Oct 4 2010 // The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011.The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s...
Oct 4 2010 // Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been re-zoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low to moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa....