All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2009 // It’s rainy season, meaning there’s an increased risk for flooding. Since 1996, Oregon and Washington have had 18 federally declared flood disasters due to heavy rains, cresting rivers, backed-up storm drains...
Mar 6 2009 // The U.S. Senate delayed action last night on a federal omnibus bill that provides funding to most of the federal government, including the nation’s federal flood insurance program that expires today.However,...
Mar 6 2009 // The U.S. Senate passed a five-day extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by voice vote this afternoon after lawmakers delayed action Thursday night on the federal omnibus bill which would have extended...
Mar 5 2009 // The U.S. Senate has yet to approve a measure extending the nation’s flood insurance program, which expires tomorrow.While the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program...
Mar 4 2009 // A group looking for ways to prevent another serious flood in northwest Ohio said it will use $3 million in state aid to buy homes and land along the Blanchard River in two hard-hit towns.Buying the low-lying properties in...
Feb 26 2009 // Officials of cities along the Red River are preparing for the worst while they await an updated spring flood forecast Friday.Wilkin County, Minn., engineer Tom Richels says the county has lined up pumps and sandbags. He...
Feb 25 2009 // Although portions of the state are still mired in more than a foot of snow, Maine’s insurance superintendent is urging residents to evaluate their need for flood insurance — especially with spring approaching...
Feb 24 2009 // A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says a proposed $160 million flood-control project along the Greenbrier River in West Virginia’s Pocahontas County could be approved soon.Talk of the project started more than...
Feb 23 2009 // Insurance coverage is an expense that many small business owners might be tempted to cut back on or even forgo as they try to cut costs during the recession. They’re making a bet that they won’t need the...
Feb 22 2009 // In this litigious day and age, lawsuits alleging breach of the insurance policies, bad faith, unfair claims handling, unfair settlement practices or negligence by an insurance agent are so common that they are not...
Feb 22 2009 // Hazard mortality is most prominent in the South, where most people are killed by severe weather, such as tornadoes.University of South Carolina geographers have produced a map of natural-hazard mortality that gives a...
Feb 19 2009 // Russia will likely see more forest fires, droughts and floods in the coming century due to global warming, and policy makers need to prepare for large-scale change, scientists warned in a report released Wednesday.It also...
Feb 13 2009 // With memories of the 1997 floods still fresh, North Dakota officials are planning for significant flooding in the Devils Lake region and the Red River Valley after months of heavy rainfall and snow.Sen. Byron Dorgan,...
Feb 11 2009 // With record snowfall in North Dakota this winter and traditionally heavy snow months still to come, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is getting prepared to help state officials deal with spring flooding.FEMA...
Feb 8 2009 // There are a number of communities across the country where more flood insurance policies should be sold given their populations and flood risk. They include dozens of counties that have had multiple flood disasters but are...
Feb 4 2009 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has signed into law a $56 million package designed to help Iowa recover from last summer’s record flooding, but he cautioned that the measure was only one step in a long recovery...
Feb 3 2009 // With record amounts of snow in North Dakota, Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm is urging homeowners, renters and business owners to consider buying a flood insurance policy. Hamm says there’s a 30-day waiting period...
Jan 30 2009 // The Iowa Senate has sent Gov. Chet Culver a $56 million flood recovery package.Backers said the measure marked the first of a series of measures lawmakers will approve to respond to last summer’s natural disasters....
Jan 28 2009 // The Mississippi Development Authority says federal grants to help coast homeowners meet new post-Katrina flood standards are nearing $60 million. MDA’s Elevation Grant Program is scheduled to complete all applicant...
Jan 28 2009 // A local option sales tax could go on the books as early as April 1 in flood-ravaged regions of Iowa under legislation moving quickly through the Legislature.Cedar Rapids Democratic Sen. Rob Hogg is a main backer of the...