All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 23 2021 // Three homes were destroyed in heavy rains and flooding last week, the Honolulu Department of Emergency reported.The department collected data that showed a total of 82 homes in the state were impacted by the severe...
Mar 22 2021 // PITT TOWN, Australia — Australia was set on Monday to evacuate thousands more people from suburbs in Sydney’s west, battered by the worst flooding in 60 years, with torrential rains expected to continue for...
Mar 15 2021 // If you live in Florida, you should probably be paying more for flood insurance. And you likely will be soon.That first finding is the conclusion of a new analysis by First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research group...
Mar 15 2021 // Flood control projects approved by Houston area voters in 2018 in response to Hurricane Harvey are facing a $1.4 billion shortfall that could delay their completion, officials have announced.The projects in need of the...
Mar 11 2021 // Dozens of residents who are suing the city of Reno over the flooding of their homes in 2017 are moving to federal court in a complex case that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars.The move comes as the city’s...
Mar 10 2021 // Hawaii Governor David Ige declared an emergency in the U.S. state after heavy rains brought floods, landslides and fear of dam failures, and authorities ordered the evacuation of several thousand people from communities...
Mar 8 2021 // Gov. Andy Beshear reiterated his promise to seek federal disaster relief on Friday while touring several flooded counties in Eastern Kentucky, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.“What I saw was the worst...
Mar 8 2021 // Swiss Re has entered into a strategic partnership with ICEYE, a commercial satellite operator and satellite-based flood monitoring provider.Building on ICEYE’s innovative technology, the partnership will advance...
Mar 8 2021 // If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the NFIP rates would need to increase 4.5 times...
Mar 8 2021 // Homebuyers in nearly half of the states including hurricane-prone Florida can be left in the dark about the flood risks to their new house.The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released an updated scorecard that...
Mar 5 2021 // This year is shaping up to be drier than normal throughout the Missouri River basin, and the risk of flooding is generally below normal throughout the region because conditions remain dry and snowpack levels are below...
Mar 5 2021 // The majority of National Flood Insurance Program claims in Louisiana stemming from Hurricane Laura, which hit the state in August 2020, have been closed.FEMA says the NFIP has closed 87% of the 1,227 claims submitted and...
Mar 5 2021 // The federal government has bought additional reinsurance to cover losses of the National Flood Insurance Program.On Feb. 23, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the flood insurance program,...
Mar 4 2021 // Kentucky’s governor toured parts of his state hard by heavy rains Tuesday and pledged to seek federal assistance after massive flooding inundated several areas.Gov. Andy Beshear said “parts of cities are...
Mar 2 2021 // TypTap, a five-year old Florida-based writer of private market homeowners and flood insurance, has attracted $100 million in financing from investment firm Centerbridge Partners.The company plans to use the money to expand...
Mar 1 2021 // Homebuyers in nearly half of the states including hurricane-prone Florida can be left in the dark about the flood risks to their new house.The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ) has released an updated scorecard...
Feb 26 2021 // The federal government will recommend flood control measures including storm surge barriers, floodwalls and elevating homes and other buildings in a report later this year on combating back bay flooding, a major problem in...
Feb 25 2021 // The risk of flooding generally remains low across most of Nebraska and Iowa because the snow across both states is expected to melt gradually in the coming days.But the amount of ice on some rivers, particularly the Platte...
Feb 22 2021 // If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the NFIP rates would need to increase 4.5 times...
Feb 22 2021 // After holding off on approving its 2021 rates in December, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors approved rate recommendations that the insurer says will make its rates more competitive with...