All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 27 2005 // The federal government is giving $2.7 million to help the University of Hawaii recover from October’s flooding in Manoa Valley.The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover the deductible portion...
May 27 2005 // The American Insurance Association strongly disagrees with yesterday’s Florida Circuit Court ruling confirming the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2004 decision in Mierzwa v. Florida Windstorm Underwriting...
May 26 2005 // Circuit Court Judge Kevin Davey has ruled in a class-action lawsuit in Tallahassee, Fla. that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, must pay the full amount of damage homes were insured...
May 24 2005 // With the start of hurricane season, June 1, just days away, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is advising policyholders to make preparations now, before a possible storm. The state’s insurer of last resort is...
May 23 2005 // Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, public and private sector partners, including the Allstate Foundation and Southwestern Insurance Information Service, are joining forces to expand flood safety awareness in Texas...
May 23 2005 // The Pacific Northwest is coming out of one of its driest winters on record, and emergency responders are bracing for an early and possibly severe wildfire season. But even in the midst of a drought, spring rains and...
May 23 2005 // An insurance agency failed to tell a beverage company its warehouse sat in a 100-year flood plain, causing the company to suffer $8.4 million in flood damage, a lawsuit claims.Latrobe-based LeNature’s Inc. recently...
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
May 23 2005 // The Pacific Northwest is coming out of one of its driest winters on record, and emergency responders are bracing for an early and possibly severe wildfire season. But even in the midst of a drought, spring rains and...
May 10 2005 // Many Texas homeowners are under the impression that flooding caused by rising water is covered under the standard homeowners insurance policy in Texas and often they discover too late that it is not, according to Jerry...
May 9 2005 // Florida water management officials have begun their annual drawdown of 17 lakes in the Kissimmee Basin, near Orlando, in anticipation of the upcoming hurricane season and are starting to put lessons into effect they...
May 9 2005 // The Florida Legislature debated SB 1486, an 83-page insurance bill, until the early morning hours on Saturday and approved a document that makes major changes in how claims will be handled, starting with the next storm....
May 9 2005 // A doctoral student says his study of two small streams in eastern Pennsylvania appears to back up what inundated residents have long suspected: flooding along small creeks and streams is worsened when land is paved over....
May 9 2005 // Gov. Linda Lingle signed legislation making an emergency appropriation of $47 million for losses suffered by the University of Hawaii from the October flooding of Manoa Valley.A little more than half of the money came from...
Apr 29 2005 // A doctoral student says his examination of two small streams in eastern Pennsylvania appears to back up what inundated residents have long suspected: flooding along small creeks and streams is worsened when land is paved...
Apr 29 2005 // House Bill 1937 passed with a vote of 96-20 on Thursday, despite opposition about exemptions on paying policy limits.One of the key issues still under consideration is a legislative remedy for a 2004 Florida court decision...
Apr 26 2005 // As the Florida Legislature moves into its final two weeks, one of the key issues still under consideration is a legislative remedy for a 2004 Florida court decision requiring insurers to pay policy limits for homes with...
Apr 25 2005 // Insurance bills nearing final votes in the Florida Legislature could provide insurers with a broad exemptions from paying homeowners with storm-surge flood damage according to provisions of the state’s 100-year-old...
Apr 18 2005 // State flood maps are not entirely accurate according to the West Virginia Office of Emergency Services, therefore it has issued a warning to residents saying that they could live in a hazardous area without even knowing...