Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Update: Flash Floods Hit SE Germany, Killing at Least 8; AIR Worldwide Comments
Jun 2 2016 // Torrential rain, thunderstorms and flash floods that have inundated towns in southeastern Germany in recent days took the death toll to at least eight as forecasters warned of continuing severe weather spreading northward...
Tower Hill Insurance Launches Private Flood Program in Florida
Jun 2 2016 // Tower Hill Insurance has expanded its residential property insurance coverage offerings in Florida to include stand-alone flood policies with coverage up to $5 million. Standard coverage through the National Flood...
Record Brazos River Flooding Inundating Southeast Texas
Jun 1 2016 // Residents of some rural southeast Texas counties braced for more flooding along a river that is expected to crest at a record level just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought. National Weather Service...
Canada ‘Needs to Do More’ to Mitigate Climate Disasters Such as Wildfires, Flood
Jun 1 2016 // The Canadian government needs to do more to mitigate climate disasters such as floods and wildfires, a top green watchdog said on Tuesday as the Alberta town of Fort McMurray struggled to recover from a huge...
Adventure Seekers Barely Escape Flooded Kentucky Cave
May 31 2016 // The operator of a Kentucky spelunking attraction says he is analyzing what happened last week after 19 people barely escaped a flooded cave by trudging through neck-deep water to reach the caverns only exit. David Foster,...
At Least 6 Dead, 2 Missing After Floods in Texas, Kansas
May 31 2016 // Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six. It was unclear Sunday whether a body found in Travis County near Austin was one of...
South Carolina Insurance Head Talks Lessons Learned After Historic Flood
May 31 2016 // This aerial photo show flooding around homes in the Carolina Forest community in Horry County, between Conway and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The state was pummeled in early October by a historic rainstorm that caused widespread...
Flooded Homeowners Allege Negligence in Suit Against City of Houston
May 27 2016 // A citizen’s group and homeowners who have recently suffered repeat flood damage sued Houston, Texas, in federal court, alleging the city backed improvements at a commercial development they say were made without...
Unsealed Records Show Drug Firms Flooded Rural West Virginia With Painkillers
May 27 2016 // Information about pill shipments that prescription drug distributors being sued by the state had sought to keep secret show that the firms flooded rural West Virginia with hundreds of thousands of painkillers. The...
More than 200 Homes Damaged in Wyoming Flooding
May 26 2016 // Officials say four homes were destroyed and 200 more were damaged by flooding in Wyoming. The Ranger reported that the American Red Cross says flood waters in the Wind River Basin destroyed the Fremont County homes in...
Aon Benfield Enhances Poland Flood Model
May 25 2016 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has launched a new version of its catastrophe model to enhance understanding of the financial impact of floods in Poland. Aon Benfield is the...
PBS/NPR Documentary Adds to Criticism of Private Insurers, FEMA Over Profits on Flood Insurance
May 25 2016 // Private insurance companies working for the government’s flood insurance program have made hundreds of millions of dollars at the same time that thousands of homeowners are claiming they have been underpaid for...
FEMA Vows Changes to Flood Insurance Claims Appeals
May 25 2016 // After learning some hard lessons from Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is reforming the way it handles appeals from disgruntled policyholders in the National Flood Insurance Program. The...
Flood Damage from UK’s Winter Storms to Cost Insurers $2 Billion: ABI
May 25 2016 // Flood damage in Britain from winter storms has resulted in claims for more than 15,000 homes and businesses and is likely to lead to pay-outs of 1.3 billion pounds ($1.9 billion), the Association of British Insurers...
Disaster Fraud Rampant After Floods, Hurricanes
May 24 2016 // This year, extensive flooding has already affected parts of Texas and Louisiana. With more rain producing floods in the forecast for the southern part of the U.S. this spring, the likelihood of disaster fraud...
10 Things to Know About Flood Insurance
May 23 2016 // A large percentage of agents’ errors and omissions claims arise from failure to offer flood coverage. By offering flood coverage at the point of the homeowner sale, in addition to offering protection to clients from...
Federal Funding for Ohio Flood Control Plan in Jeopardy
May 19 2016 // Officials in northwest Ohio may be forced to abandon a flood control project or pay for it with local money as federal funding for the plan is in jeopardy. A review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in recent months...
South Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor’s Farm Aid Veto
May 19 2016 // With dozens of farmers in the lobby and lawmakers cheering every speech, the South Carolina House on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill offering $40 million in state aid to farmers who lost...
More Than 400 Homes Wrecked by Superstorm Sandy Auctioned Off in New York
May 18 2016 // Matt Price and his wife, Carla, of Babylon, New York, are gambling that the devastation inflicted by Superstorm Sandy will be their key to the American dream of home ownership. The couple was among the successful bidders...
Report: Cost of Flood Control Improvements in Austin – Possibly $4B
May 18 2016 // A draft report on how to avoid storm-related flooding in Austin and save lives says improvements could cost up to $4 billion. The Austin American-Statesman reported that the Flood Mitigation Task Force recommends increased...
