All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2008 // Three law firms have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of victims of the Fernley flood — the second such complaint in two days.In their suit filed in Lyon County District Court in Yerington, Nev. the Reno firms...
Jan 13 2008 // While it’s too soon to tally insured loss estimates from early winter storms that struck the West in January, residents who fled their homes due to flooding are facing damages, all while the National Weather Service...
Jan 10 2008 // Building inspectors planned to go door to door this week to assess damage from the flood caused by a break in a century-old irrigation canal, as homeowners face uncertainty over who will help them pay for repairs.Only one...
Jan 8 2008 // Australians battled both fires and some of the worst flooding in decades Monday that stranded residents in several communities after days of intense summer heat and storms.Bureau of Meteorology hydrologist Gordon McKay...
Jan 8 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is redrawing flood zone maps for the District.The proposed changes would add a flood zone that would include Federal Triangle, much of the Mall, and a large portion of Southwest...
Jan 8 2008 // While it’s too soon to tally insured loss estimates, Nevada residents who fled nearly 300 homes flooded when a canal’s earthen bank collapsed are returning to their homes where they will face damage left by the...
Jan 4 2008 // Southern California homeowners still struggling to rebuild their lives after last fall’s wildfires are preparing for downpours that could bring more than a foot of rain to some mudslide-prone mountain canyons.A trio...
Dec 31 2007 // From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007...
Dec 31 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 31 2007 // While 2007 was a surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two. In 2007, the West faced its share of disasters, with freezes, floods and fires making news...
Dec 23 2007 // While 2007 was surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two. In the past year, the West faced its share of disasters, with freezes, floods and fires making...
Dec 23 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 17 2007 // Some coastal residents could see a spike in their insurance rates because of a recent decision by the North Carolina Building Code Council.The council toughened the coastal housing code for wind-borne debris. The code now...
Dec 14 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has published “Wrong Type of Rain: Impact and Implications of 2007 UK Floods,” an in-depth analysis on the extensive flooding that caused severe damage in north-eastern England...
Dec 13 2007 // A new flood control agency for California’s Butte and Sutter counties will start considering levee rebuilding and repairs that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The Sutter-Butte Flood Control Agency will...
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage.Insurers say...
Dec 6 2007 // An exhaustive study of the threat posed by coastal flooding warns that “as many as 150 million people in the world’s major cities could be reliant on flood defenses by 2070 – more than three times the 40...
Dec 5 2007 // Flood & Peterson Insurance of Greeley, Colo., has added Rusty Lear, a 21-year veteran of the surety bonding industry, to its staff. Lear, who has worked in Colorado for 15 years, previously worked for eight years as...
Dec 5 2007 // Drenching rain and howling winds that downed trees, cut electricity and caused widespread flooding have left two people dead and closed Interstate 5, the main north-south highway in Western Washington.Gov. Chris Gregoire...
Dec 4 2007 // As many as 150 million people in the world’s major cities could be reliant on flood defenses by 2070 – more than three times the 40 million people today – as a result of climate change and urban...