All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 20 2019 // By the time David Kaisel got back from selling his flour at a farmers’ market, a wildfire in California’s Capay Valley had burnt both his tractor and the shipping container where he kept some tools. His insurer...
Sep 20 2019 // Torrent Technologies, a Marsh company, has launched FloodPlus Commercial – a comprehensive private market primary flood insurance offering for agents of its Write Your Own (WYO) carrier clients.Underwritten by...
Sep 19 2019 // Flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda on Thursday left hundreds of people trapped in their homes and cars; led to water rescues, a hospital evacuation and power outages; and closed entire school districts, according to...
Sep 19 2019 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a $160 million plan to shore up levees around Oklahoma’s second largest city that have been weakened by periodic flooding.The Corps released a feasibility study that...
Sep 19 2019 // For those who want to move out of a flood zone, the wait time for a home buyout can stretch five years or more, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which analyzed nearly 30 years of data from the...
Sep 18 2019 // Tropical Storm Imelda has lost some of its wind power, but continues to pour rain down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, with 12 to 15 inches already recorded and flood-prone Houston in its path.Imelda is now a tropical depression,...
Sep 17 2019 // With a low pressure system hovering off the Texas Gulf Coast that the National Hurricane Center could become a tropical depression, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has elevated the state operations center to an increased readiness...
Sep 17 2019 // A Louisiana program aimed at helping farmers recover from extreme flooding events in 2016 has received an additional $10 million in grant awards, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry announced.The...
Sep 17 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS have released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian, ranging from $500 million to $1.5 billion.According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph while...
Sep 16 2019 // The global leader in flood risk management, JBA Risk Management, launched the first probabilistic global flood model, which allows re/insurers to model river and surface water flood at 30 meters (98.4 feet) resolution...
Sep 12 2019 // AXA XL is partnering with digital private flood insurance program manager Neptune Flood in a strategic underwriting partnership that will more than double Neptune’s capacity across the country.According to CEO Jim...
Sep 12 2019 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services, LLC (WNFIS) and Zurich North America have introduced Zurich Residential Private Flood Insurance program. This stand-alone admitted product launched exclusively in Florida on...
Sep 10 2019 // Nebraska state emergency officials who faced record floods this summer are now scrambling to boost their ranks with more workers to help residents recover and rebuild their communities.The Nebraska Emergency Management...
Sep 10 2019 // Residents and the insurance industry in Southeast states are feeling relieved after Hurricane Dorian grazed the U.S. coastline last week just days after it caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas.While the storm was at...
Sep 9 2019 // Skies cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction wrought by Hurricane Dorian, which turned north and began lashing parts of eastern...
Sep 6 2019 // As Hurricane Dorian finally begins to move away from the North Carolina coast, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says the North Carolina Department of Insurance is ready to assist with any insurance related...
Sep 5 2019 // The wrath of Hurricane Dorian isn’t over yet and many more communities in its path are at risk and are bracing for the storm after it demolished the Bahamas earlier this week.The extremely slow-moving hurricane is...
Sep 4 2019 // FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics...
Sep 4 2019 // With Florida orange groves seemingly escaping major damage from Hurricane Dorian, concern now turns to soy, corn and cotton fields as well as livestock in Georgia and the Carolinas as the hurricane churns northward.North...
Sep 3 2019 // Homeowners impacted by Lake Ontario flooding this year can apply for up to $50,000 in state funding to repair damage. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Flood Relief and Recovery...