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How Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality Is Key to Building Flood Resilience

Jun 29 2022 // This content first appeared in BRINK. BRINK is supported by Marsh McLennan Advantage and managed by Long Dash. It is republished here with permission.Flooding is the most pervasive among natural disasters. According to the...

Sparks Fly at National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Hearing

Jun 28 2022 // On June 23, the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee held a hearing to discuss legislative proposals to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program...

China Launches Disaster Insurance Trials in 6 Cities Affected by Floods in 2021

Jun 28 2022 // China’s third-most populous province Henan will launch pilot programs for catastrophe insurance in six cities that were the hardest hit by historic floods last summer.Aside from its capital Zhengzhou, trials are to...

$5M in Grants Earmarked for Flood-Impacted Montana Businesses

Jun 27 2022 // Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is making up to $5 million in grant funding from Montana’s bed tax fund available to businesses that have been impacted by destructive flooding in southern Montana.Gianforte’s office...

Flood Alert in China’s Manufacturing Hub at Highest Level

Jun 24 2022 // China’s manufacturing hub of Guangdong raised its flood warning to the highest level due to the worst rains in decades, spurring more evacuations and threatening further supply chain disruptions in an economy reeling...

Yellowstone Reopens After Changes Wrought by Flood

Jun 23 2022 // Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park’s...

Another Emergency Declared after Flooding in West Virginia

Jun 22 2022 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for Mingo County due to damage caused by severe weather that struck last week.The storm last Friday caused flash flooding, downed trees and power lines and...

A Year Later: Tennessee Flood that Killed 20 Challenges Community

Jun 22 2022 // When a flash flood tore through Waverly, Tennessee, 17-year-old Zoe Turner ran to safety on the top floor of her family’s home. The rushing water would claim the lives of 20 of her neighbors, damage more than 700...

Yellowstone Park Aiming for Quick Reopening After Floods

Jun 21 2022 // Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks, much faster than originally expected after record floods pounded the region last week and knocked out major roads, federal officials...

Flooding Inundates More of Bangladesh and India, Stranding Nearly 10M People

Jun 21 2022 // DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India – Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water...

Yellowstone Flooding Recovery Could Take Years, Cost $1 Billion

Jun 20 2022 // Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America’s best idea. Now, the home to gushing geysers, thundering...

Floods in India, Bangladesh Leave Millions Homeless

Jun 20 2022 // DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing...

Wright to Pick Up United P&C’s Flood Book in July

Jun 16 2022 // Wright National Flood Insurance Co. has announced it will take over United Property & Casualty’s flood insurance book of business, starting in the third quarter of this year.The move, still subject to review by...

Officials Assess Damage After Historic Yellowstone Floods

Jun 15 2022 // A torrent of rain combined with a rapidly melting snowpack caused a deluge of flooding that forced the evacuation of some parts of Yellowstone National Park, cutting off electricity and forcing park officials to close all...

Forecasters Issue Flood Watch for Columbia River in Washington

Jun 14 2022 // Unusually heavy rain and a melting snowpack have pushed the Columbia River to near flood stage from Vancouver to Longview, according to the National Weather Service.Forecasters issued a flood watch for areas along the...

UniFi Group to Acquire Controlling Stake in National Flood Services

Jun 13 2022 // PEAK6 InsurTech, an insurance-operations subsidiary of PEAK6 Investments, said UniFi Group agreed to acquire a controlling interest in National Flood Services (NFS). PEAK6 will retain a minority stake in the new joint...

Historic Levels of Rainfall Cause Floods in Central China, Killing at Least 10

Jun 10 2022 // At least 10 people have been killed and three are missing in flooding in the central Chinese province of Hunan, while a landslide buried parts of a village in the southern Guangxi region, state media reported.Storms have...

Climate-Driven Flooding Poses Well Water Contamination Risks in Midwest

Jun 9 2022 // After a record-setting Midwestern rainstorm that damaged thousands of homes and businesses, Stefanie Johnson’s farmhouse in Blandinsville, Illinois, didn’t have safe drinking water for nearly two months.Flood...

Washington Flash Flood, Mudslide Damaged Homes

Jun 8 2022 // A flash flood and mudslide in Okanogan County, Washington, damaged two homes, according to county emergency management officials.Emergency management officials said last week’s mudslide happened amid thunderstorms in...

North Texas Flash Flooding Kills 1

Jun 6 2022 // At least one person was killed as heavy rains caused flash flooding in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.The storms sloshed across the region Friday night, resulting in widely scattered flash flooding. Fire and rescue officials...