All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2021 // A storm system that stalled for days over West Texas led to what a National Weather Service meteorologist on Aug. 14 called an “unprecedented” amount of rain in the predominantly dry El Paso area, leaving a...
Aug 12 2021 // Flooding and debris from storm runoff closed a 17.5-mile stretch of U.S. between Superior and Miami in east-central Arizona, authorities said.The Arizona Department of Transportation said there was no estimated reopening...
Aug 10 2021 // The state is going to ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency to see if the damage caused by flooding in southern Vermont will qualify for disaster assistance.To qualify, Vermont must show there is at least a million...
Aug 6 2021 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has so far approved about $29 million in grants for Detroit residents whose homes and property suffered damage from heavy flooding during a late June storm.FEMA teams were in Detroit...
Aug 6 2021 // A former mayor in West Virginia has pleaded guilty to stealing federal relief funds meant to rebuild his city after a massive 2016 flood.Ex-Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber, 70, pleaded guilty Monday in Nicholas County...
Aug 5 2021 // HCI Group, Inc. announced that its insurtech subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Group, Inc., a Florida-based writer of private market homeowners and flood insurance, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement...
Aug 5 2021 // Heavy, continuous rain in parts of northern New England led to flash flooding, washed out roads and a few home rescues, authorities said.The latest rains come as what has been a soggy July in some parts of the region comes...
Aug 3 2021 // Colorado-based reThought Insurance, a managing general agency focused on the flood insurance market, has secured $15.5 million in investment to accelerate its growth.The company currently writes flood coverage for complex...
Aug 2 2021 // The state of Michigan will disburse $10 million in emergency relief funding to help Detroit-area and other southeastern Michigan residents whose homes, businesses and belongings were damaged by recent flooding caused by a...
Aug 2 2021 // Heavy, continuous rain in parts of northern New England led to flash flooding, washed out roads and a few home rescues, authorities said.Police in Marlow, in southwestern New Hampshire, said four people and two animals...
Jul 29 2021 // The Boston area’s subway system faces a severe threat from rising seas over the next 50 years that could cause flooding and cut critical links around the city, according to a new study.The report, written by...
Jul 28 2021 // AIR Worldwide, the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm, estimates insured losses in Germany from July flooding could approach €5 billion ($6 billion).Low pressure system “Bernd” parked itself over central...
Jul 27 2021 // MOSCOW — Russia said on Tuesday it had fully restored train travel over a Trans-Siberian railway bridge in its far east that was damaged last week by floods.The world’s longest railway is a strategic transport...
Jul 27 2021 // A utility is building walls around an electric substation to prevent them from being overrun by floodwaters in the first of its kind project in South Carolina.Duke Energy is spending $1.6 million on the Nichols project to...
Jul 26 2021 // Thousands of utility customers in the Detroit area had no power on July 25 following a night of severe storms.DTE Energy reported nearly 135,000 customers in Oakland and Macomb counties had no service at 10:20 a.m. due to...
Jul 23 2021 // A woman was found dead and three other people were missing after rain triggered flooding and mudslides in an area of northern Colorado burned by a large wildfire last year, authorities said Wednesday.The woman’s body...
Jul 23 2021 // MOSCOW – Flooding has damaged a bridge on Russia’s Trans-Siberian railway in its Far East, suspending traffic in the area, officials said on Friday, and President Vladimir Putin said full track repair would take...
Jul 22 2021 // With an insured price tag of €4 billion to €5 billion (US$4.7 billion to $5.9 billion), economic losses from Germany’s recent floods are likely to be significantly higher, which highlights a sizable insurance...
Jul 22 2021 // Heavy rains caused more than 430,000 of sewage overflows near Mobile, while another round of downpours prompted flash flood alerts in central Alabama.In Prichard, just north of Mobile, health officials told residents to...
Jul 22 2021 // Deadly floods that have upended life in both China and Germany have sent a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe.At least 25 people in the central Chinese province of Henan died...