Best Read Flood Headlines

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#1 NFIP to Begin Taking Monthly Flood Insurance Payments

Nov 18 2024 // The National Flood Insurance Program will soon start to accept monthly payments for flood insurance premiums, ending 55 years of requiring full payment upon application or renewal.The Federal Emergency Management Agency...

#2 These Texans Aren’t Taking Buyouts Despite Repeated Floods

May 21 2024 // HARRIS COUNTY — After the floodwaters earlier this month just about swallowed two of the six homes that 60-year-old Tom Madigan owns on the San Jacinto River, he didn’t think twice about whether to fix them. He...

#3 Flooded Farms, Fouled Rivers, Dozens Dead: Helene’s Rising Toll

Oct 2 2024 // As historic floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Helene recede across the US Southeast, the region faces a humanitarian, economic and ecological crisis of staggering scope, with effects likely to last years.Cotton crops on...

#4 For Shrinking Mississippi River Towns, Frequent Floods Worsen Fortunes

Jun 14 2024 // WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America’s most storied river.Flooding has...

#5 How Vermont Community Helped One Family Recover After Floods Took Everything

Dec 5 2024 // The last thing John and Jenny Mackenzie saw as they fled their Vermont home with their daughters, dog and two guinea pigs last summer was their cars upended and propelled away by rushing flood waters.Minutes earlier they...

#6 Helene’s Flooding: The Human Toll on One Family in Tennessee

Dec 31 2024 // ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry and Sibrina Barrett never spent a day apart over 35 years. They worked long hours, never took vacations, and liked to relax with their son at home. They had no idea that a hurricane could reach...

#7 Flooded Farms, Fouled Rivers, Dozens Dead: Helene’s Rising Toll

Oct 2 2024 // As historic floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Helene recede across the US Southeast, the region faces a humanitarian, economic and ecological crisis of staggering scope, with effects likely to last years.Cotton crops on...

#8 Why Vermont Keeps Flooding: It’s Complicated But Could Become the Norm

Aug 7 2024 // Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future.Climate change is fueling stronger, more...

#9 Hurricane Debby Brings Six Deaths, Widespread Flood Losses in Florida, Georgia, SC

Aug 6 2024 // Hurricane Debby left at least six people dead Monday along with widespread flooding in the same parts of Florida and Georgia that were swamped by Hurricane Idalia less than a year ago.Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee,...

#10 New Jersey Debates: Protect Against Floods or Retreat From Shore?

Aug 7 2024 // New Jersey officials are defending proposed building rules designed to limit damage from future storms and steadily rising seas in coastal areas, countering criticism that the state aims to force people away from the...

#11 Insured Losses Top $5B With Heavy Flooding but Few Covered by Flood Insurance

Sep 30 2024 // Estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Helene continue to range around $5 billion, not including flood insurance losses, as the death toll in the Southeast continued to rise, reaching 107 by Monday morning.In Florida,...

#12 FEMA: SW Florida Stripped of Flood Insurance Discounts After ‘Improper Rebuilds’

Apr 1 2024 // After spiking premiums, nonrenewals and complaints about unpaid claims, more than 115,000 property owners in southwest Florida are now facing a new slap in the face after 2022’s Hurricane Ian: 25% higher flood...

#13 Nation’s Flood Insurance Program Is Making More Repeat Payouts

Oct 7 2024 // When Hurricane Helene barreled ashore last week, it caused devastating flooding across the southeastern U.S., including in the Shore Acres area of St. Petersburg, Florida. The neighborhood saw 6 feet of storm surge, which...

#14 Should Citizens Do More to Assist With Coming Flood Claims in Florida? Can it?

Sep 25 2024 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest insurer, has suspended policy binding ahead of predicted Hurricane Helene, and a board member asked if the carrier could do more to help policyholders manage flood...

#15 Milton Brings Winds, Flooding to Florida but Damage May Not Be as Heavy as Feared

Oct 10 2024 // Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night, centered near Sarasota as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, a less-powerful storm than had been feared but one that brought some storm surge,...

#16 Flooded East Texas Town Begins Cleanup

May 7 2024 // LIVINGSTON — Clinton Jones looked across the emergency shelter Friday. His children were going stir crazy. His wife, Samantha, and mother-in-law, Lee Farrell, were making the best of the cots and blankets they received...

#17 Helene Dumps Rain on Millions of US Homes That Lack Flood Insurance

Sep 30 2024 // On Thursday night Helene crashed into Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane. The giant storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds made landfall close to where Hurricane Debby hit in August and where Idalia struck just...

#18 Early Lessons From Helene Show Catastrophes Are Here to Stay, Flood Insurance Vital

Sep 29 2024 // Hurricane Helene made landfall late Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Florida Big Bend, a sparsely-populated 150-mile coastal stretch from Apalachee Bay, south of Tallahassee, to Waccasassa Bay in the south. All told, the...

#19 As Milton Nears, Flood-Proof Fences Will Face a Major Test in Tampa

Oct 8 2024 // For the second time in two weeks, Tampa General Hospital is getting ready to keep water at bay. Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall Wednesday and will test the hospital’s flood barrier.It takes dozens of...

#20 Mississippi River Flooding is Pushing People Out of Their Homes, Data Shows

Jun 12 2024 // WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. But persistent and sometimes devastating flooding has added to the woes of...