All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 22 2021 // As of Feb. 1, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) had paid out more than $115 million in flood claims in Louisiana in response to the 2020 hurricane season. That figure is up from the $110 million in NFIP payments...
Feb 10 2021 // Massachusetts-based managing general agent ShoreOne created a new coverage for coastal homeowners to address inadequate flood coverage.ShoreOne’s new offering combines traditional homeowners insurance with full flood...
Feb 9 2021 // Rescue workers continue to battle mountains of slush and debris at a hydropower construction site in north India that was damaged by flash floods that have killed at least 11 people.The rescue team of Indo-Tibetan Border...
Feb 8 2021 // Tennessee’s attorney general on Thursday sued Food City over claims that the supermarket chain’s pharmacies intentionally profited from the opioid epidemic by unlawfully selling tens of millions of prescription...
Feb 8 2021 // Neptune Flood, an AI-driven flood insurance company, has partnered with Acadian Managers (Acadian) to offer flood insurance coverage through Acadian’s network of independent agents to homeowners throughout...