All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2018 // A new carrier has entered the Florida flood insurance market with a policy it says will provide better coverage than what is available from the National Flood Insurance Program.Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Security First...
Aug 6 2018 // It’s hard to believe but August brings us to the one-year anniversary of the watery nightmare that was Hurricane Harvey and the beginning of the remarkable 2017 hurricane season that also featured Hurricane Irma...
Aug 6 2018 // Less than 12 percent of U.S. homeowners have a flood insurance policy, despite the fact that flooding is the country’s most common natural disaster, said Katy Sivyer, underwriter for North America and the Caribbean...
Aug 1 2018 // Some Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods who received help from the state’s recovery program will be receiving checks for full reimbursement of their repairs.Louisiana officials announced Monday...
Aug 1 2018 // While Congress works on various reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the time is ripe for the private insurance market to step up and play a greater role in providing Americans needed flood coverage.Last...
Aug 1 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has secured a reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that for the first time is directly backed by capital markets investors.FEMA has entered...
Jul 31 2018 // Congress avoided a lapse in the federal flood insurance program when the Senate today voted 86-12 to extend authorization for the program by four months to Nov. 30.The National Flood Insurance Program would have expired at...
Jul 31 2018 // Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castaneda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy in 10 years and he needed the...
Jul 30 2018 // There is not a lot time left to avoid a lapse in the federal government’s flood insurance program.The Senate is expected to follow the House, which voted last week to temporarily reauthorize the program. Senate...
Jul 30 2018 // A tropical storm in Japan disrupted transportation and knocked out power to thousands of homes in its path as it headed west toward a region still recovering from devastating rains earlier this month.At least 16 people...
Jul 30 2018 // A new carrier has entered the Florida flood insurance market with a policy it says will provide better coverage than what is available from the National Flood Insurance Program.Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Security First...
Jul 27 2018 // Sweltering? Swimming? Choking on wildfire smoke? Blame it on the jet stream and a warming world.Kinked, buckled, stuck or stalled, it doesn’t matter how you describe it, the jet stream — the ribbon of wind that...
Jul 27 2018 // Typhoon Jongdari is set to make landfall on Japan’s mainland this weekend, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to much of a country hit in recent weeks by a deadly heatwave and historic flooding.The typhoon was...
Jul 26 2018 // Heavy downpours soaked parts of central Pennsylvania, causing evacuations and forcing an amusement park to close for the second time this week. Hersheypark announced it would be closed Wednesday. The park closed Monday...
Jul 26 2018 // Extreme weather that’s gripping northern Europe and parts of Asia may persist through early August, prolonging a deadly heatwave that’s parched crops and sparked devastating forest fires.Temperatures have risen...
Jul 25 2018 // The House of Representatives passed a measure to reauthorize the nation’s flood insurance program for four months beyond its current July 31 expiration date.The House measure to renew the National Flood Insurance...
Jul 25 2018 // People in southern Colorado are cleaning up after heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding and hail piled up like snow. Residents and businesses in Manitou Springs near Colorado Springs were told to evacuate because of...
Jul 25 2018 // Less than 12 percent of U.S. homeowners have a flood insurance policy, despite the fact that flooding is the country’s most common natural disaster, said Katy Sivyer, underwriter for North America and the Caribbean...
Jul 25 2018 // West Virginia will receive $690 million in federal funding for flood management and repair projects. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding July 18 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A...
Jul 24 2018 // Flooding triggered by a tropical storm has killed at least 20 people and left over a dozen missing in northern Vietnam, local media reports said.Ten people drowned in floods caused by heavy rain in Yen Bai province after...