All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 1 2008 // During the 2008 hurricane season, Texas has so far been hit by Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. The Louisiana coastline, however, has been spared. That state even dodged massive flooding from Tropical Storm Fay...
Aug 28 2008 // Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed.Not since Katrina and Hurricane Rita, which...
Aug 25 2008 // Lloyd’s and Risk Management Solutions will publish a new report on coastal flooding on Tuesday, Sept. 9 in conjunction with the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo.Lloyd’s said the report looks specifically...
Aug 25 2008 // Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in New Orleans, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten what happened after Hurricane Betsy caused catastrophic flooding four decades ago and again believe the...
Aug 24 2008 // Insurers continue to tally claims from Tropical Storm Fay after its fourth landfall occurred on the Panhandle.The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation compiled and released the latest numbers from some of the...
Aug 22 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an advisory to remind Florida consumers and authorized insurers that the hurricane deductible of their homeowner’s policy does not apply at this time —...
Aug 22 2008 // Evaluation of the New Hampshire floods of May 2006 and April 2007 show that they were caused by different events. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that the May 2006 flooding was unusual because of the sheer...
Aug 22 2008 // A Florida company has filed a lawsuit against Cedar Rapids, Iowa challenging the city’s decision to reject its bid to demolish flood-damaged buildings.Bunnell, Fla.-based Bamaco Inc., filed its lawsuit on August 19...
Aug 21 2008 // DeclarationsMass. Expansion – Vermont Mutual CEO Thomas Tierney, commenting on his company’s decision to enter the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market. It is the second company this month – along...
Aug 21 2008 // Kansas had 1,616 tornadoes, 11 of them were F4 tornadoes and nine were categorized as F5. … The number of tornadoes reported has gone up over 50 percent.Much has been written in the last six weeks about the 2008...
Aug 21 2008 // Fifteen years ago, after the Midwest was swamped with what was pronounced a “100-year” or even a “500-year” flood, some folks figured they would never again see such a disaster in their lifetime....
Aug 21 2008 // In both Mississippi and Louisiana, the principal argument in support of the alleged ambiguity was that the flood waters during Hurricane Katrina were pushed ashore by wind, a covered peril, and the flood exclusion did not...
Aug 21 2008 // One of the nation’s largest insurance companies is lobbying Congress for permission to sell policies that cover damage from both wind and flood water, a plan billed as a way for insurers and homeowners to avoid...
Aug 21 2008 // Record widespread flooding across the Midwest has once again highlighted the catastrophic dam- ages that flooding can cause. Yet a survey conducted for the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) revealed that only 17...
Aug 21 2008 // An aerial photo shows a flooded area of downtown looking North over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13, 2008. Interstate I-380 can be seen on the left while Mays Island, with Cedar Rapids City Hall, is seen on the right with its...
Aug 20 2008 // More than 250 residents and tourists have evacuated an American Indian village in a remote, scenic offshoot of the Grand Canyon after weekend flooding that wrecked trails and nearly washed away some river rafters in the...
Aug 20 2008 // Victims of record flooding are paying mortgages, taxes and repairs on houses that might need to be destroyed, and some are blaming federal and state officials for a slow response.The lengthy process to get federal buyout...
Aug 20 2008 // The main highway in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley was open to traffic again Aug. 19 as flooding receded following a deluge of up to 13 inches of rain across southern Texas.The torrential rain flooded an estimated 750...
Aug 20 2008 // Greeley, Colo.-based Flood & Peterson Insurance recently distributed $2.7 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks to 1,227 Colorado clients as a reward for maintaining safe workplaces. The $2.7 million...
Aug 18 2008 // A coastal South Carolina congressman is seeking to allow an undeveloped section of Kiawah Island beachfront to qualify for federal money for roads, flood insurance and renourishment, making it more attractive for...