Latest Flood Headlines

All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Significant rains has Californians sopping wet

Jan 23 2006 // Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs, Californians have come to expect certain things living in the Golden State. Most recently, it has been the rainy season, which many insurance agents and...

SPECIAL REPORT: First Flood

Jan 22 2006 // Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs, Californians have come to expect certain things living in the Golden State. Most recently, it has been the rainy season, which many insurance agents and...

SPECIAL REPORT: Tips on minimizing flood damage

Jan 22 2006 // With Northern California rivers and reservoirs at their highest levels in seven years, residents can make pre-flood preparations to lessen the damage to their families, homes and belongings. Following are tips Allstate...

SPECIAL REPORT: First Flood

Jan 22 2006 // Just like traffic, higher gasoline prices and high housing costs, Californians have come to expect certain things living in the Golden State. Most recently, it has been the rainy season, which many insurance agents and...

SPECIAL REPORT: Post-flood tips

Jan 22 2006 // It’s one thing to prepare for a disaster to mitigate damage, but what should policyholders do if the damage is already done? The Association of California Insurance Companies offered the following tips – that...

Fla. Residents Urged to Purchase Flood Insurance for 2006 Hurricane Season

Jan 20 2006 // As Floridians continue to recover from the storms of 2004 and 2005, and the 2006 season fast approaches, it is vital that all property owners living and doing business in areas designated as flood zones by the National...

FEMA Issues New Maps to Assist Miss. Recovery Effort

Jan 19 2006 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has developed a series of topographic maps for...

Attorney General Cautions Floridians Against Flood-Damaged Vehicles

Jan 18 2006 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has issued a consumer alert cautioning Floridians against buying used vehicles that may have been flood-damaged by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. As many as 600,000 vehicles throughout...

Calif. Commissioner, FEMA Warn Residents to Prepare for Next Flood

Jan 13 2006 // Urging residents to make disaster preparedness and insurance readiness a top priority, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and FEMA officials cautioned Sacramento County residents, Friday, to take proactive...

Calif. Commissioner Urges Homeowners to Prepare for Next Flood

Jan 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi cautioned Los Angels residents on Wednesday to take strong, proactive steps to prepare for the next inevitable disaster by looking at flood insurance and updating their home...

FEMA Flood Insurance Program Launches Agent Web Site

Jan 9 2006 // The National Flood Insurance Program has launched a FloodSmart Agents Web site to provide access to agent materials and new content in a password-protected agents-only section of www.FloodSmart.gov. After registering for a...

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips

Jan 6 2006 // The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms:* Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. It will be helpful to have...

La. Residents Urged to ‘Get Even Smarter’ About Insurance Coverage

Jan 6 2006 // As part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC’s) “Get Smart” program, the Louisiana Department of Insurance is encouraging consumers to “Get Even Smarter” about...

Gov. Barbour Urges Lawmakers Not to Rely on ‘One-Time Money’

Jan 4 2006 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has warned lawmakers not to rely on “one-time money” granted by Congress to aid in Hurricane Katrina recovery and outlined how the money would be used.Congress appropriated $29...

UPDATE: Winter Storm Drenches California; Streets Flooded, Homes Damaged

Jan 2 2006 // The winter’s first major storm in California hit the Golden State over the weekend with a one-two punch, leaving streets flooded and homes and businesses damaged or destroyed.As skies began to clear some in Northern...

Used vehicles need flood damage background checks

Jan 2 2006 // Flood damage checks are an essential buyer’s tool so used car purchasers and insurance companies can determine if a used car for sale by an owner in Atlanta or by a car dealer in Tampa, Fla., were not submerged in...

Mich. AG warns consumers about dangers of buying flood damaged vehicles

Jan 1 2006 // Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers about the danger of flood-damaged vehicles. A Consumer Alert, Used Vehicle Buyers Watch for Flood Damage, posted to the attorney general’s Web site provides...

Used vehicles need flood damage background checks

Jan 1 2006 // Flood damage checks are an essential buyer’s tool so used car purchasers and insurance companies can determine if a used car for sale by an owner in Atlanta or by a car dealer in Tampa, Fla., were not submerged in...

Mississippi Coast faces the storm after the storms: wind or water damage?

Jan 1 2006 // The wind came first. It pried off boards and shot debris into windows at Ron Peresich’s home on Biloxi’s (Mississippi) Back Bay. It tore off rooftops and buckled walls in Bud Ray’s Long Beach...

1 Dead, Homes Damaged as Rains Pelt Northern California

Dec 31 2005 // Residents in Northern California hope that the last few days are not a sign of things to come in 2006.Heavy rains, flooding and mudslides greeted the area, as a storm moved its way through the state over the weekend,...