All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2010 // Denver-based Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, and the UK’s JBA Consulting, a European flood risk and environmental management firm, announced a strategic...
May 25 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon kicked off his summer storm tour to raise awareness for hurricane and flood preparedness by urging consumers to protect themselves and their property against Louisiana’s...
May 25 2010 // A federal revision of flood maps in 17 Texas coastal counties based on information from Hurricane Ike could lead to costly insurance increases for some homeowners.The Houston Chronicle reported that hurricane levees...
May 24 2010 // Property owners across the country fearing they may be forced to buy expensive flood insurance under a push to draw up new floodplain maps will catch a break by being offered the coverage at sharply lower rates for two...
May 24 2010 // Officials Harvey County, Iowa, say some residents may need to buy flood insurance under new federal maps of the area’s flood plain.Scott Davies, director of the Harvey County Planning and Zoning, says 270 residents...
May 24 2010 // Residents and businesses in a northeast Iowa town can sue the state for flood damage caused by a highway project, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled last Friday.The court overturned district court and appeals court decisions...
May 20 2010 // Some Tennessee homeowners have been surprised to learn their policies won’t pay for flood damage and an attorney and lobbyist is warning insurance agents not to admit to any wrongdoing if clients confront them about...
May 17 2010 // America is emerging from a deep recession caused by financial messes on Wall Street, but Dr. J. David Rogers says the Federal Reserve is still being bankrupted by natural disasters.“The National Flood Insurance...
May 17 2010 // A lawsuit filed against two coal companies that blames mining and poor reclamation for worsening flooding around an eastern Kentucky creek has grown to include 72 plaintiffs.The suit, plus a second lawsuit with 15...
May 17 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has raised its 100-year flood estimate for the Red River in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn.The change raises the previous estimate about a foot to 42.6 feet. The new estimate was...
May 17 2010 // Homeowners can mitigate against wind damage, but they’re powerless, really, to do anything against storm surge,” said one researcher whose job it is to develop ways to determine the vulnerability of homes and...
May 10 2010 // House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., has introduced legislation extending the federal flood insurance program from its current May 31 deadline through September 30, 2010. Frank’s bill...
May 9 2010 // As of last Friday, damages to Nashville from serious flooding were estimated at $1.5 billion, a number Mayor Karl Dean said will climb because all areas had not been checked.Dean said that estimate only includes...
May 6 2010 // The Tennessee Titans have gotten a chance to check out LP Field where flood waters covered the football field, and the damage appears to be minor.Senior executive vice president Steve Underwood said in a statement that...
May 5 2010 // School officials in Vermont say winter flooding at a Bennington elementary school caused $200,000 in damage.Officials say the Jan. 17 water main break at the Molly Stark Elementary School affected 17 rooms and closed the...
May 4 2010 // A weekend deluge burst rivers and creeks from their banks across Tennessee and neighboring U.S. states Monday, killing at least 22 people and forcing thousands to evacuate homes and hotels.The overflowing Cumberland River...
May 4 2010 // Nashville’s famous Gaylord Opryland Resort, which sits adjacent to the Cumberland River and is protected by levees built to sustain the 100 year flood standard, suffered flood damage in the early hours of Monday, May...
May 4 2010 // Recommendations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for landowners in Trumann, Ark., to purchase flood insurance are nothing more than a scam, a levee district official told a crowd of concerned residents on May...
Apr 30 2010 // “Homeowners can mitigate against wind damage, but they’re powerless, really, to do anything against storm surge,” says one researcher whose job it is to develop ways to determine the vulnerability of...
Apr 29 2010 // A newly-formed Mississippi company with backing from a Florida insurer and local private investors including six independent agencies will begin writing homeowners policies on the coast in Mississippi.Gulfport-based...