All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 6 2022 // A federal appellate court last week cleared the way for thousands of Houston-area property owners and their insurers to pursue claims for damages after the US Army Corps of Engineers emptied two reservoirs that were...
Jun 6 2022 // Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of what’s predicted to be a busy 2022 Atlantic season, caused minor flooding in parts of South Florida before it strengthened a bit and aimed for Bermuda.The storm that...
Jun 2 2022 // Arturo and ICEYE Offer Near Real-Time Flood, Property Damage InsightsProperty analytics firm Arturo and sensor data provider ICEYE hope to change what’s possible with insurance response to flood events. ICEYE’s...
Jun 2 2022 // SAN ISIDRO DEL PALMAR, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Agatha caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 11 people and left 20 missing, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said Tuesday.Gov. Alejando Murat said...
May 27 2022 // The North Carolina Department of Transportation has armed itself with an advanced flood-warning system designed to help pass the word to motorists on any flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts. A news release from the...
May 16 2022 // You can’t quite see it yet from Plank Road or La. 19 near Zachary, but work crews are building a man-made river from scratch.Down inside a huge, wide “V” carved out of the earth, concrete pillars for a...
May 16 2022 // South Africa’s deadliest floods in almost three decades was exacerbated by climate change and similarly heavy rainfall can be expected to occur more regularly, according to scientists collaborating under the World...
May 16 2022 // The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and rainbow trout. The stream is fed from underground springs in the Ozark Mountains, keeping its...
May 11 2022 // WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — Two construction barges broke free from their moorings amid flooding on the Potomac River over the weekend and floated downstream before being snagged by underwater materials, a National Park...
May 9 2022 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for three counties following heavy rains that caused significant local flooding.The emergency was declared for Cabell, Putnam and Roane counties. The severe...
May 6 2022 // On a residential block in Lambertville, New Jersey where Tropical Storm Ida’s flood waters swept two houses into Swan Creek, Governor Phil Murphy announced a $50 million investment in a homeowner buyout program for...
May 6 2022 // The storms and floods that hit South-East Queensland and coastal New South Wales in February and March are likely to be Australia’s costliest floods on record, according to the Insurance Council of Australia...
May 3 2022 // The North Fork of the White River in southern Missouri is a nationally known fly-fishing destination, teeming with brown and rainbow trout. The stream is fed from underground springs in the Ozark Mountains, keeping its...
Apr 26 2022 // Volunteers and National Guard members in northwestern Minnesota spent two days sandbagging to fortify the city of Crookston from an expected record flood along the Red Lake River.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized 100...
Apr 26 2022 // When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rolled out a major overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program last April, it promised that bigger, richer homes would bear the brunt of premium increases,...
Apr 22 2022 // Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Johnson County, Texas, FEMA announced this week. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest...
Apr 21 2022 // Initial insurance losses for the Eastern Australia floods are estimated at A$3.99 billion (US$2.97 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance...
Apr 20 2022 // Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California’s farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave...
Apr 19 2022 // When Hurricane Ida hit last summer, a storm surge overwhelmed a levee and gushed into Ted Falgout’s coastal Louisiana home, destroying his furniture and the beloved framed photos of his twin sons kissing him on their...
Apr 18 2022 // Flood Re, the joint initiative between the UK insurance industry and the UK government to promote the availability and affordability of flood insurance, has launched a proposition designed to ensure homes are more...