All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2008 // After the Great Flood of 1993, thousands of properties in flood plains around the Midwest were bought out by the government. Now, weeks after the latest massive flood, buyouts are again being considered in at least five...
Jul 17 2008 // President Bush has declared Addison and Franklin counties disaster areas, making them eligible for federal assistance in repairing damage from last month’s flooding. The federal funds are available to state and local...
Jul 16 2008 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Attorney General Tom Miller recently reminded Iowans to beware of a variety of scams in the wake of the tornadoes and floods over the last several weeks.“It’s the definition of adding insult...
Jul 14 2008 // Federal officials say they’ve approved more than $3.6 million in disaster assistance grants for severe flooding in Illinois last month.The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the funds Saturday. The money...
Jul 14 2008 // Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has put off deciding how to spend $300 million for flood-protection projects in case the money is needed for the New Orleans-area’s levee bills.The Army...
Jul 11 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it does not expect the 2008 Midwest floods to impact ratings or outlooks for the majority of companies that it rates.However, property/casualty writers that are...
Jul 11 2008 // Flooding from a creek caused more than $100 million in damage last month to a research and development center for the diesel engine maker Cummins Inc.But the center should return to full operations, thanks to...
Jul 11 2008 // Many property owners suffered large losses in the June 2008 flooding event in southern Wisconsin.But few lost a fleet. James Pritzlaff’s collection of classic cars is still under about 4 feet of water that overflowed...
Jul 10 2008 // The Louisiana Supreme Court refused July 8 to reconsider its recent ruling that an insurance company isn’t liable for water damage from the failure of levees in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.The court ruled in...
Jul 9 2008 // A combination of costs and confusion keeps many Iowans from buying federal flood insurance.Only about 1 percent of Iowans owned flood insurance when last month’s record flooding struck. More than 4,000 homes in Cedar...
Jul 9 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court has issued an order delaying deadlines for the days that a half-dozen district court offices were closed due to flooding.That means the courts, lawyers and other people involved in cases in those...
Jul 7 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...
Jul 7 2008 // “I don’t need flood insurance.” “I’m not in a ‘flood zone.'” Or, “I don’t need flood insurance because my mortgage company said I don’t need it.”Those...
Jul 7 2008 // Producers might benefit from the $3.8 billion disaster fund that is part of the 2008 farm law. Farmers must have crop insurance to qualify for the program.We have all watched with utter dismay and compassion as Midwest...
Jul 7 2008 // The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) will look “at everything possible” to aid Midwest farmers hurt by the worst flooding in more than 15 years, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said in late June.Agricultural...
Jul 7 2008 // Midwest agents with offices located in flooded areas are facing the challenge of “staying afloat,” so to speak, during the devastation of what some have called the 500-year flood event. Iowa has the distinction...
Jul 7 2008 // Record widespread flooding across the Midwest has once again highlighted the catastrophic damages that flooding can cause. Yet a survey conducted for the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) reveals that only 17...
Jul 7 2008 // 14,500Dog bites now account for one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims, costing $356.2 million in 2007, up 10.5 percent from the previous year, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). An...
Jul 7 2008 // “I don’t need flood insurance; I’m not in a ‘flood zone.'” Or, “I don’t need flood insurance because my mortgage company said I don’t need it.”These statements are made...
Jul 7 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...