All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2008 // Nine floods in four years is too much for New York officials, who have pledged $650,000 to help local governments battle future floods.The program, announced during a Flood Summit in Binghamton last month, includes funding...
Mar 10 2008 // Levees can also erode and decay over time and require regular maintenance and upkeep to continue to offer the level of protection they were designed to provide.In the United States, floods are the most common natural...
Mar 7 2008 // A state judge in Louisiana has refused to remove Jefferson Parish and its president from a lawsuit filed by parish residents over flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina.At issue in the lawsuit is the decision to evacuate...
Mar 6 2008 // Emergency officials are keeping an eye on the Greenbrier and Ohio rivers after heavy rains moved across West Virginia.The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Greenbrier River at Alderson from Wednesday...
Mar 6 2008 // New York lawmakers have decided once is not enough — at least when it comes to telling homeowners that floods will not be covered by a standard homeowners policy. Under legislation signed this week by Gov. Eliot...
Mar 5 2008 // Communities along the Connecticut River are being told to prepare for the possibility of flooding over the next few weeks.The heavy snowfall in northern New England this winter, combined with one of the wettest months of...
Mar 3 2008 // The Army Corps of Engineers is taking much too long to complete a study that could let victims of Hurricane Katrina know their risk of facing another devastating flood, an independent research group said.The National...
Feb 29 2008 // New York state is providing local governments with $650,000 for flood mitigation projects. Michael Balboni, the Spitzer administration’s deputy secretary for public safety, made the announcement Tuesday morning at...
Feb 28 2008 // Mississippi officials said Tuesday that homeowners with elevated structures who lived inside the federally designated flood zone when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 may still qualify for housing assistance.Jon Mabry,...
Feb 28 2008 // Washington’s House has unanimously approved millions in flood-prevention projects in the Chehalis River basin.The measure appropriates $50 million for the state and local share of a major flood project, including...
Feb 28 2008 // A Delta farmer and levee authorities in San Joaquin County, Calif. are suing the state, claiming California water managers are increasing flood risks by allowing sediment to collect in the Sacramento-San Joaquin...
Feb 27 2008 // The Idaho Department of Insurance is warning homeowners about the potential risk of heavy spring flooding, with accompanying property damage, resulting from the heavy snowfall that areas of the state have already received...
Feb 27 2008 // Joseph Sher blamed much of the damage to his New Orleans apartment complex on water that inundated the city when levees failed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.He sued Lafayette Insurance Co. after the insurer denied...
Feb 26 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reviewing an appeal of a decision that floods last month in two eastern Illinois counties weren’t severe enough to merit disaster-area status.FEMA spokesman Aric Schmidt...
Feb 22 2008 // Eight of the nine miners trapped underground in July 2002 when a Pennsylvania mineshaft flooded can continue their suit against the firm that controlled the mine, a judge ruled.Six other miners who narrowly escaped being...
Feb 21 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s plans to designate Sacramento’s fast-growing Natomas sector, north of the Sacramento and American rivers, as a Special Flood Hazard Area AE Zone in December is stirring...
Feb 20 2008 // The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by New Orleans property owners who argued their Hurricane Katrina flood damage should be covered despite insurance policy exclusions because the flooding was...
Feb 15 2008 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) warned that government plans to construct new homes on flood plains have not given sufficient consideration of the hazards involved.Justin Jacobs, the ABI’s Assistant...
Feb 15 2008 // The persistent snows of January and early February have increased the risk of flooding in low-lying areas of north and central Idaho this winter and spring, even while water shortages remain possible this summer in the...
Feb 14 2008 // The earthen seal at a former underground coal mine in Delbarton, W. Va., sprung a leak, sending thousands of gallons of water through the yards of several homes and onto a state highway, officials said Tuesday.The seal was...