All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2006 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom in the Natomas area.In a letter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...
Aug 7 2006 // U.S. Corps finds some Sacramento levees not upThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom in...
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 3 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned El Pasoans and other West Texas communities to be wary of fly-by-night contractors and other scam artists who might try to take advantage of homeowners and other consumers during...
Aug 1 2006 // Federal officials who plan to assess flood damage in northeast Ohio and residents still needing to clean up will have to work in searing heat.The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Monday and Tuesday in...
Aug 1 2006 // Flood damage at the New jersey Statehouse parking garage that was built in a Delaware River flood plain has cost the state about $2 million since September 2004, according to state officials.The 1,100-space garage in...
Aug 1 2006 // The federal government has provided New Hampshire with more than $8.2 million in relief grants for May’s floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported providing the most grants, $780,059, to Salem...
Jul 27 2006 // The Virginia Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced plans to investigate whether the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project contributed to flooding last month that seriously damaged about 150 homes in Fairfax...
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.James Lee Witt, president of James...
Jul 24 2006 // The floodwaters that inundated parts of Pennsylvania last month destroyed at least 518 homes and affected another 7,100 homes and businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.The preliminary damage...
Jul 24 2006 // Witt pointed out that as he looks across Florida, the Gulf coast states and America, he has recently seen more devastating events than have ever been witnessed in the history of the nation. He said that in today’s...
Jul 24 2006 // News CurrentsFederal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt,...
Jul 24 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently issued new flood maps that require people in many parts of New Orleans to elevate their houses, according to Jeff Albright, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms, have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Jul 24 2006 // Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has received approval from the Circuit Court of Florida to purchase all of the existing flood insurance policies of Southern Family Insurance Co. through the Florida...
Jul 24 2006 // Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediationFederal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have...
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever before the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was...