All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 25 2001 // Flood waters were expected to roll down the Mississippi River and reach Davenport, Iowa, late Tuesday. The peak crest may be between 22 and 22.5 feet, which will be just short of the 1993 record of 22.6 feet. Davenport is...
Apr 21 2001 // {According to insurance agents in Iowa, residents of the state buy less insurance against water damage than people living in surrounding states. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowans may be under the mistaken...
Mar 27 2001 // As the latest in a series of floods, which have ravaged France this winter, showed some signs of receding, insurers began counting the potential losses. Last October’s floods in Europe cost insurers an estimated $1.2...
Mar 16 2001 // A recent study released by Swiss Re, confirms that insured catastrophe losses for 2000 totaled $10.6 billion, falling significantly below those in 1999, which reached $32.9 billion.The survey also concluded that p/c...
Mar 12 2001 // While the merits of President George Bush’s proposed budget are still being weighed, one of the items getting attention in the proposal is a cut in the National Flood Insurance Program. The new budget would end...
Mar 2 2001 // While the merits of President George Bush’s proposed budget are still being weighed, one of the items getting attention in the proposal is a cut in the National Flood Insurance Program. The new budget would end...
Mar 1 2001 // The U.K.’s Royal & Sun Alliance confirmed previous estimates that claims from the floods which struck Britain in October and November would cost it around £200 million ($290 million), and reduced operating...
Feb 12 2001 // Experts agree that the world’s climate is changing, but the debate continues about the causes and consequences. Multiple interactive factors are involved. The oceans warm and cool, the sun goes through an 11-year...
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
Dec 18 2000 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. announced that its California Residential Flood & Landslide Program, operating since December 1998, will be replaced with the extension of the Natural Catastrophe...
Dec 15 2000 // Even as battered Britain was cleaning up the damages caused by severe floods in October, a new combination of heavy rain and high tides threatened Wales and the Southwest; the Severn river crested at over 14 1/2 feet,...
Nov 23 2000 // Following almost a week of uninterrupted rain, roughly one third of the Eastern Australian State of New South Wales is under water. The worst floods in over 20 years have caused widespread damage, and forced the evacuation...
Nov 10 2000 // Insurance companies and risk experts may not agree on the exact amount of the insured losses caused by the recent and ongoing floods and storms in Britain, but they all agree that the damages will be substantial. (See...
Oct 30 2000 // A routine update of floodplain maps in Pleasant Hill and San Pablo, Calif. has added more than 1,000 households to flood zones in both of the cities. Richmond, Martinez, Concord, Pittsburg, Danville and Clayton will also...
Oct 16 2000 // The week-long rains which caused heavy damages in Southern England have subsided there, but new storms over the weekend in the Alps caused swollen rivers to overflow and produced a number of mudslides destroying buildings...
Oct 13 2000 // Heavy rains over the last three days have caused rivers to overflow and floodwaters to spread across wide areas of Southern England, forcing thousands to flee to higher ground and bringing ground transportation in the area...
Jul 10 2000 // One out of every four houses within 500 feet of the U.S. shoreline will become a casualty of erosion within the next 60 years.This hard-hitting fact is among many included in the report, Evaluation of Erosion Hazards,...
Jun 12 2000 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that almost 11,000 households in the U.S. are at risk for flooding, which accounts for 90 percent of all disasters nationwide.Yet, the vast majority of American...
Jun 8 2000 // Florida-based Bankers Insurance Company was recently approved to write homeowners policies in California.Doing business in the Golden State is nothing new for Bankers. As the country’s second largest flood carrier...
Jun 6 2000 // Unseasonably heavy rains over the weekend caused extensive flood damage in northeast England. “Almost 30 hours of continuous rain caused the river Calder to burst its banks, flooding the town of Todmorden. Water was...