All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 7 2021 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility has made a payout of approximately US$2.4 million to the government of Trinidad and Tobago following a rainfall event that occurred during August 18-20, 2021.The heavy...
Sep 3 2021 // The National Weather Service tentatively confirmed the touchdown of a tornado in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County early Wednesday afternoon as the remnants of Hurricane Ida moved across the state.Meteorologist Ray...
Sep 2 2021 // With remnants of Ida delivering downpours and fierce winds from North Carolina to New Jersey, U.S. government methods for assessing flood risks may be put to the test this week.While coastal communities would seem to have...
Sep 2 2021 // German insurers face claims of about 11.5 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in 2021 after extensive flooding and hail storms, Germany’s insurance lobby GDV said on Thursday.It could be the most expensive year for...
Aug 31 2021 // Widespread flooding from Hurricane Ida and power outages slowed efforts on Tuesday by energy firms to assess damages at oil production facilities, ports and refineries.Nearly all of Louisiana lost electrical power on...
Aug 29 2021 // Ida lost some of its punch over southwestern Mississippi on Aug. 30 after making landfall in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the region, but it could still trigger heavy flooding, the National...
Aug 27 2021 // Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has issued a declaration of emergency for Coconino County after heavy rain last week caused major flood damage to homes, neighborhoods and private property.Ducey said this week that damage caused by...
Aug 27 2021 // Devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of about 7 billion euros ($8.2 billion), an insurance industry group said Wednesday, significantly increasing its previous...
Aug 27 2021 // The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee was recovered on Wednesday, prompting the search for victims to be suspended as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Aug 26 2021 // Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment cleared their way through trees densely matted with vegetation, garbage and building debris Tuesday as searchers scoured a normally shallow creek for more flooding victims in rural...
Aug 25 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration sought by Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed at least 22 people, according to a statement sent Tuesday.The action frees up...
Aug 24 2021 // Jennifer Carnevale’s yard can hold 23 inches of water before her house floods.She knows because her family has seen the water cross that all-important threshold, twice. “We’ve measured it,” the...
Aug 24 2021 // Officials have found a fifth person dead after flooding in western North Carolina. Haywood County Emergency Services announced in a Facebook post that they found the fifth victim, Frank Lauer Sr., 74, of Cruso on Sunday....
Aug 24 2021 // The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more likely and more intense by climate change.These are the conclusions of a rapid attribution report put together in...
Aug 23 2021 // At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle...
Aug 23 2021 // Henri is soaking the U.S. Northeast with rain and disrupting transport after being downgraded to a tropical depression.The former hurricane will produce additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts...
Aug 23 2021 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe modeling company, estimates that insured losses from the Western and Central Europe flooding, which occurred between July 12 and 18, 2021, will likely range between €5 billion...
Aug 23 2021 // Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least 22 dead and dozens missing Saturday as rains washed away homes and rural roads, authorities said.Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told news outlets more than 20...
Aug 23 2021 // Federal officials say a train that derailed and caught fire in Fort Worth in 2019 was traveling on tracks that had been weakened by flooding after days of rain.The National Transportation Safety Board said in an accident...
Aug 18 2021 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Fred, which caused severe flood in the western part of the state.Approximately 30 people are currently in missing in Haywood...