All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2008 // The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving monies to several Midwestern states in the aftermath of flooding earlier in the year.Missouri received $11 million to help recover from flooding damage earlier...
Oct 27 2008 // Iowa is set to receive another $23 million in federal money to repair flood damaged roads and bridges.The funds are part of $690 million being divvied up among 28 states by the U.S. Department of Transportation for...
Oct 24 2008 // California-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) updated its estimate for U.S. onshore and offshore insured losses from Hurricane Ike to $13 billion to $21 billion, of which $10 billion to – $15 billion is estimated...
Oct 20 2008 // Iowa communities are getting help recovering from a series of natural disasters this year with nearly $395 million in state and federal funding.The money will go to at least 3,200 projects. The biggest chunk of it, about...
Oct 20 2008 // The industry group says at least $553.1 million in insured losses were left by remnants of Hurricane Ike, which swept through the state on Sept. 14.The economic crisis with the failures of Lehman Brothers, then AIG, and...
Oct 17 2008 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is in debt to the American tax payer to the tune of $18 billion. Congress is considering forgiving the debt and they approved a six-month program extension to discuss this...
Oct 16 2008 // One hundred and fifty Cedar Rapids employees are getting extra pay for their work during this summer’s flooding.The payments for the employees who don’t qualify for overtime were approved in August. The total...
Oct 13 2008 // Flood insurance policies are about to expire for nearly 36,300 Louisiana homeowners affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The federal government bought policies for those homeowners after the 2005 storms. The Federal...
Oct 10 2008 // The University of Iowa has named a 14-member task force that will assist in planning changes to reduce the risk of future flooding from the Iowa River. Officials say the flood mitigation task force will meet throughout the...
Oct 8 2008 // The White House ha denied Oklahoma’s Gov. Brad Henry’s request for flood assistance to aid individuals and businesses that were hard hit by September storms in northern Oklahoma. A request for public assistance...
Oct 7 2008 // State officials say nearly three dozen Iowa communities vying for about $200 million in federal aid to buy out homes in flood-prone areas have until early next year to make formal applications.Bret Voorhees is a spokesman...
Oct 7 2008 // Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil...
Oct 6 2008 // Waterloo, Iowa got its flood money. Now, the city has to figure out what to do with it.The city council voted on October 2 to approve more than $1 million in aid from state agencies. Mayor Tim Hurley says now he and his...
Oct 6 2008 // The U.S. Senate approved legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until March 6, 2009. The measure was also passed earlier by the House of Representatives and must still be signed by President George W....
Oct 2 2008 // Iowa’s capital city could see about $800,000 in state flood aid this month, and the city’s mayor wants it to go toward energy-efficient building.The Des Moines City Council on on September 30th signed off on...
Oct 1 2008 // In an attempt to clear-up some of the confusion regarding claim filing and what is covered by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the group has issued answers to the following frequently asked questions:Question:...
Sep 30 2008 // Three years after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans’ restaurant industry to its knees, Hurricane Ike has delivered a crippling blow to three New Orleans area restaurant families.Middendorf’s, the legendary...
Sep 30 2008 // Thousands of people in the St. Louis area are still coping with the destruction and inconveniences left behind after the area was hit by flash flooding on Sept. 14.Hundreds of homes have been condemned pending repairs and...
Sep 29 2008 // In addition to working overtime on the Wall Street bailout over the weekend, the Senate also approved legislation to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until March 6, 2009.The measure was passed earlier last week...
Sep 29 2008 // In Mississippi, Donnell Landtroop’s state-supplied cottage has mold on the walls and dried mud on the floor — the foul remnants of Hurricane Gustav, the second hurricane in three years to leave her family...