All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 25 2000 // Monsoon driven rains continued to dump water on central and Northeastern Australia, knocking out bridges, flooding highways and isolating many small communities. The Thomson River was expected to crest at 6 meters (19.8...