All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 21 2025 // More than two weeks after catastrophic July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, authorities reported Saturday that nearly all of the people who had remained on the list of missing persons have been...
Jul 21 2025 // Flood Re, a joint initiative between the UK government and insurers designed to make flood cover more affordable for homeowners, has reported a precipitous increase in reinsurance rates and claims costs.“The global...
Jul 21 2025 // Orion180 Insurance, a provider of homeowners and flood insurance coverages, has launched its FLEX Home Insurance product in nine eastern counties of Massachusetts.FLEX provides customizable coverage, allowing homeowners to...
Jul 21 2025 // As of press time, Texas and the world are watching yet another unprecedented natural catastrophe unfold. More than 100 lives have been lost [edited to included updated number] in this one event and billions of dollars in...
Jul 18 2025 // Flood insurer Neptune Flood said recently it secured over $400 million in premium capacity and has launched in Alaska to officially become available in all 50 states.Neptune said its capacity panel now includes more than...
Jul 17 2025 // A tropical disturbance is expected to make landfall near the northern Gulf Coast Thursday afternoon, creating flash flooding conditions for parts of south-central Louisiana.A moderate risk of excessive rainfall is in place...
Jul 17 2025 // The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to...
Jul 16 2025 // The catastrophic floods in central Texas on July 4th occurred in an area where fewer than 3% of homeowners have flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program, serving as another example of why Texas has one...
Jul 15 2025 // Two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in floodwaters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight, authorities said Tuesday.Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, noted the deaths...
Jul 15 2025 // Heavy rain swept across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Monday night, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash flooding that stranded vehicles in roadways, closed subway lines and led to a declaration of a...
Jul 15 2025 // A tropical rainstorm is expected to bring flooding to the Florida Peninsula on Tuesday before making its way across the Gulf Coast and into Louisiana later in the week.The Florida Peninsula, coastal Alabama and Mississippi...
Jul 15 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance shared a bulletin on flooding disaster guidance in light of the deadly floods in the Texas Hill Country. The bulletin lays out expectations for how insurers, agents, contractors, adjusters...
Jul 15 2025 // Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, according to a study...
Jul 14 2025 // Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before...
Jul 14 2025 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than $14.4 million to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in four communities across the eastern part of the state that were hit by historic floods in 2022.The cities of...
Jul 14 2025 // Crews on Monday were expected to resume looking for victims of catastrophic flooding in Texas that killed at least 132 people after more heavy rains temporarily paused their search and rescue operations.Those efforts along...
Jul 14 2025 // Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can prepare for...
Jul 14 2025 // Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summer that severe floods have inundated...
Jul 11 2025 // Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods as a painstaking search for victims continues along the Guadalupe River nearly a...
Jul 11 2025 // Across a wide swath of Texas, the inundated rivers that ravaged communities also tore through farms and ranches.In the town of Bend, about two hours north of Austin, Boyd Clark waded into rising waters to help one of his...