All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has published draft flood risk maps of communities in Caldwell County, Texas. The maps will help county officials and local residents identify known flood risks and will be...
Nov 2 2009 // Typhoon Mirinae has battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces, still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people [IJ Note — later reports have increased the death toll to 24] and...
Nov 1 2009 // Though it may seem like the debate over the creation of a national catastrophe insurance plan is a relatively recent phenomenon, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners actually began addressing the issue as...
Nov 1 2009 // The Washington State Insurance Commissioner has issued a warning to property insurers with policies in the Green River Valley not to categorically deny flood claims.The Howard Hanson Dam, above the valley, has been found...
Oct 30 2009 // Many Cobb County homeowners say they’d like the county to buy their flood-damaged homes, but a county official says it’s impossible to accommodate all of them.About 300 people gathered at a recreation center...
Oct 30 2009 // Congress has again temporarily extended the federal flood insurance program, this time until Dec. 18, 2009.The latest extension was approved by the House and Senate as part of an appropriations bill for the Department of...
Oct 29 2009 // The State of Washington’s Insurance Commissioner’s proposal regarding a state-run, flood insurance program would probably hurt the insurance market and policy holders throughout the state, the Property Casualty...
Oct 28 2009 // With some businesses in south King County finding it extremely difficult to buy enough flood coverage, Washington’s top insurance regulator is calling for broader powers to intervene when a local insurance market...
Oct 27 2009 // Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and will be assuming the book of “Write Your Own” (WYO) flood business of Delta Lloyds Insurance Company of Houston, Texas, effective Nov. 1, 2009.Delta...
Oct 26 2009 // Poverty and climate hazards make the southeast United States the country’s most vulnerable area to climate change impact, Oxfam America said.A report released by the relief organization identified high-risk...
Oct 26 2009 // A Mableton man whose home was heavily damaged by floods last month has won $250,000 playing the Georgia lottery. Michael Sussman said he plans to buy a new home for his family with his winnings. The 38-year-old and his...
Oct 23 2009 // Talk in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., of billion-dollar flood protection projects has some officials to the north a bit uneasy.“I think there’s going to be water coming at us like we don’t know what,”...
Oct 21 2009 // Workers in eight Georgia counties have until Monday to file initial claims for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance to compensate for loss of income directly resulting from severe storms and flooding last month. DUA is...
Oct 20 2009 // The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 14 flood control options in the Fargo-Moorhead, Minn., area, ranging from levees and flood walls to ditches. The catch is that to win federal approval, the benefit to taxpayers...
Oct 20 2009 // The Washington State Insurance Commissioner has issued a warning to property insurers with policies in the Green River Valley not to categorically deny flood claims.The Howard Hanson Dam, above the valley, has been found...
Oct 19 2009 // Insurance brokers say private insurers won’t sell flood insurance in Kent, Renton, Auburn and Tukwila where the Corps of Engineers says Green River flooding is likely this winter.Federal insurance is still available...
Oct 19 2009 // Mud Flows After Fires“After the smoke has cleared from any wildfire, there is still the potential for catastrophic damage and losses to homes and neighborhoods when winter storms come. Most homeowners policies do not...
Oct 16 2009 // Using President Obama’s visit to New Orleans this week as his backdrop, Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., again urged the Administration to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, including adding wind coverage to the...
Oct 16 2009 // Officials from central Missouri towns say preliminary flood insurance maps presented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week were incomplete and based on old information.Huntsdale Mayor Debby Lancaster said...
Oct 12 2009 // With the first big rain storm of the year bearing down on Northern California, the California Department of Insurance has put out an advisory to the public to check their homeowners insurance and to look into whether they...