All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 27 2020 // Following Hurricane Harvey in late August 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued three-year group flood insurance policies (GFIPs) to nearly 7,000 households in Texas that were impacted by the storm. FEMA...
Feb 27 2020 // Persistent rains have been pounding the Southeast, and a week ago, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, spilled over its banks, submerging a dozen city blocks in several feet of water.The river had crested at 36.7...
Feb 26 2020 // President Donald Trump has increased the federal share of costs to help West Virginia recover from floods that ravaged the state in June 2016.Gov. Jim Justice’s office said Friday that Trump approved his request to...
Feb 25 2020 // Neptune Flood, an all-digital, online flood insurance company, has officially opened for business in Louisiana.Louisiana is Neptune’s 39th state and is the second largest market for flood insurance in the United...
Feb 25 2020 // Parts of Indonesian capital and its suburbs were flooded after two tropical cyclones off the nation’s coast triggered heavy rainfall overnight, inundating houses in low-lying areas and causing a power outage.More...
Feb 24 2020 // Louisiana can soon start spending $1.2 billion in federal cash to fortify communities against future flood risks, after the governor’s office announced Friday that federal officials have approved the state’s...
Feb 24 2020 // Last year was a particularly hazardous one, with natural catastrophes causing excessive damages in what appears to be an ongoing trend of higher losses in the past decade, while also posing a danger in many U.S....
Feb 21 2020 // A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable to damage to thousands of Houston homes that were inundated by two federally owned reservoirs in the days following Hurricane Harvey because...
Feb 21 2020 // With the threat of spring flooding looming, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has asked lawmakers to approve $30 million to replenish a state disaster aid fund that was drained by a string of disasters last year.Walz said an updated...
Feb 21 2020 // Losses from storms Ciara and Dennis, which brought strong winds, torrential rain and widespread flooding to the UK, will increase pressure on UK household insurers’ profits in 2020, said Fitch Ratings.While the...
Feb 20 2020 // The threat of sea-level rise should force policymakers to rethink policies that encourage development in flood-prone regions. One place to start is with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the...
Feb 20 2020 // Hundreds of homes and businesses remained without power Wednesday as floodwaters receded around Mississippi’s capital, and it was unclear when the lights will come back on.Residents in hard-hit areas near Jackson are...
Feb 20 2020 // A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable for flood damage to thousands of Houston homes after the agency cracked open the gates on two massive dams in the wake of Hurricane...
Feb 20 2020 // Flagstaff, Ariz.’s mayor hailed a federal agency’s commitment of $52 million for a major flood control project, saying it will protect the northern Arizona city from potentially catastrophic effects of flooding...
Feb 19 2020 // Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging the misery in neighborhoods surrounded by water.Some of the hardest-hit areas were under a flash flood watch, as the National...
Feb 19 2020 // Residents in central England and Wales piled up sandbags, readied water pumps and hoped for the best Tuesday as rivers peaked after a weekend storm brought up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain to an already waterlogged...
Feb 18 2020 // With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and more rain on the way this week, the governor warned residents that it would be days before flood waters start to...
Feb 14 2020 // Days of torrential rain across the Southeast left residents to deal with rising rivers, falling trees, weakened dams and mudslides Thursday as storms finally subsided.An Alabama town asked residents to cut back on water...
Feb 14 2020 // Soaking rains caused part of a hillside to collapse in southern West Virginia and prompted a flood warning along the Ohio River.Highways officials said high water forced road closings in multiple counties Thursday. Near...
Feb 13 2020 // A Tennessee hillside collapsed, roads were flooded and rivers were rising across the Southeast on Tuesday after a day of heavy rains that once again threatened a Mississippi lake where a dam previously was in danger of...