All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 1 2006 // A package of flood bills contained in California Assembly Bill 1665 failed to pass in the last hours of the Legislature’s session. The bill was seen as an effort to protect the flood-prone Delta and Central Valley...
Aug 31 2006 // There have been 483,693 claims filed and more than $10.5 billion paid to Mississippians for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the Mississippi Insurance Department.Those numbers were as of August 1, 2006 and include...
Aug 27 2006 // People who want insurance companies to pay for their losses after levee breaks in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina are waiting for word from a federal judge.U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval, who is in charge of 33...
Aug 22 2006 // As homeowners along the Gulf Coast have started rebuilding and repairing since Hurricane Katrina hit nearly a year ago, they’ve been learning a new vocabulary and have been bombarded with recommendations.In many...
Aug 22 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced it has deployed staff to the Texas disaster recovery center in El Paso to assist residents with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’ compensation...
Aug 22 2006 // One year after Hurricane Katrina, the insurance industry says that nearly 95 percent of homeowners insurance claims have been settled in Louisiana and Mississippi, insurance companies have paid billions in storm damage...
Aug 18 2006 // About a decade ago, as he watched utility trucks from out of state help fix widespread power outages in New Hampshire, a light went on for Bow, New Hampshire’s public works director, Chum Cleverly.If power companies...
Aug 18 2006 // A federal judge’s ruling that damage from wind-driven water isn’t covered on standard homeowner policies should motivate more Mississippians to purchase flood insurance, says state Insurance Commissioner George...
Aug 18 2006 // A national insurance trade said it supports the recent Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s decision in the case of Wisniski v. Brown & Brown Insurance Co., that ruled insurance brokers do not have a duty to inspect...
Aug 17 2006 // The purchase of flood insurance in New Hampshire has risen by 26.2 percent since May of last year — a jump attributed to October’s flooding and some updated maps that identified new areas at risk.Policy purchases...
Aug 17 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office announced that a federal disaster declaration for El Paso has been approved by President Bush as a result of recent flooding in the area.“This disaster declaration means much...
Aug 15 2006 // The California Climate Action Team has released a summary report of 17 scientific studies examining the potential impacts of climate change on California. Heat-trapping gases threaten to cause more frequent coastal floods,...
Aug 15 2006 // In a highly anticipated ruling in one of the first wind vs. water insurance claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina, a Mississippi judge has upheld the exclusion for damage caused by water and water-borne materials in an...
Aug 14 2006 // Judy Dutruch has long questioned why her insurance company refused to send an engineer to investigate Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of her Diamondhead home on Aug. 29, 2005, before denying her claim.Batesville...
Aug 11 2006 // The most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades raged across its southeastern coast Thursday, claiming at least 83 lives as it capsized ships, destroyed buildings and forced 1.5 million people from their...
Aug 7 2006 // The lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was previously thought...
Aug 7 2006 // Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina now rank as three of the top five states in the nation in flood insurance policy growth according to data released by the National Flood Insurance Program and FloodSmart.In order,...
Aug 7 2006 // FEMA recently issued new flood maps that require people in many parts of New Orleans to elevate their houses, according to Jeff Albright, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Louisiana.“When...
Aug 7 2006 // After experiencing heavy rains last December and in early January that caused flooding and landslides, it’s a foregone conclusion that Californians will face another flood in their lifetimes. Whether it will be as...
Aug 7 2006 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom in the Natomas area.In a letter released to The...