Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
6.5 Million Homes from Maine to Texas at Risk for Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Aug 4 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
FEMA Administrator Questioned Over Sandy Flood Claims
Aug 1 2014 // The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked an independent watchdog to examine whether the flood-insurance program is shortchanging Superstorm Sandy victims. Administrator Craig Fugate testified before a...
City’s Sewage Test Floods Basement in Clifton, New Jersey
Aug 1 2014 // A northern New Jersey couple had a joint birthday celebration ruined after their city’s sewage test flooded their basement and ruined flooring that was put down the day before. Officials in Clifton, New Jersey,...
Vermont Town Sees Worst Flooding Since Irene
Jul 31 2014 // The fire chief in Chester, Vermont, said more than 3 inches of rain fell on his community creating the worst flooding since Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont almost three years ago. Chief Matthew Wilson said the Monday...
Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Flood Claims Process After Sandy
Jul 30 2014 // A U.S. Senate committee today conducted a hearing titled “The Flood Insurance Claims Process in Communities After Sandy: Lessons Learned and Potential Improvements,” where lawmakers had a chance to listen to...
Climate Change Debate in Denver Pits Coal Miners vs. Skiers
Jul 30 2014 // Coal miners took on skiers, and environmentalists dueled with business groups as the public debated sweeping rules from the Obama administration to combat global warming in a nationwide series of hearings yesterday. At the...
With Premium Refunds in Process, Washington Criticism of Flood Insurance Ebbs
Jul 28 2014 // Insurance agent, insurance carrier and real estate lobbyists praised federal regulators in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) last week on Capitol Hill, agreeing that the process of issuing flood...
Hartwig Turns Back King Hammurabi’s Playbook on Resilience
Jul 24 2014 // The U.S. government today may be starting to embrace concepts that date back to Babylonian King Hammurabi’s reign some 3,800 years ago. When President Barack Obama on July 16 issued a set of climate change...
Mass. Gov. OKs Bill Tying Required Flood Coverage Amount to Mortgage Balance
Jul 24 2014 // Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday signed into law legislation that prohibits creditors from requiring residential property owners to buy flood insurance in an amount that exceeds the balance of their mortgage...
Typhoon Matmo Spares Taiwan from Major Damage; Moves to China: AIR Analysis
Jul 24 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Matmo, the third typhoon in the western Pacific Basin in less than three weeks, “made landfall in Taiwan around midnight, local time, Tuesday night with...
2,000 Structures in Fargo, N.D., to Need Flood Insurance with Map Changes
Jul 23 2014 // More people will be required to buy flood insurance in Fargo because of a change in flood plain maps. About 2,000 homes and businesses will need insurance when the new Federal Emergency Management Association map goes into...
Iowa Town Gets $1M Federal Grant for Flood Protection
Jul 23 2014 // The city of Eddyville, Iowa, is getting more than $1 million to improve its stormwater handling system to protect the city from Des Moines River flooding. The funding, announced by U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, comes from the...
Flood Damage Costs Continue to Climb in Minnesota
Jul 21 2014 // Minnesota communities are trying to bounce back from last month’s flooding as damage estimates continue to rise. The state’s deputy director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Joe Kelly, said last...
Typhoon Rammasun Poised to Strike Hainan Province in China: AIR
Jul 18 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, after striking the Philippines with high winds and floods, “a strengthening Typhoon Rammasun is set to make landfall in China between 6 and 12 UTC on July 18,...
McCafferty to Become CEO of UK’s Flood Re: ABI
Jul 18 2014 // A bulletin from the Association of British Insurers announces that “Brendan McCafferty has been appointed CEO of Flood Re, after a selection process run by the Flood Re directors and senior representatives from the...
Insured Losses From Hurricane Arthur Below $250 Million: RMS
Jul 18 2014 // Insured losses from Hurricane Arthur will not exceed $250 million from wind and coastal flooding, catastrophe risk modeling firm RMS said. According to RMS, the expected loss covers damages to Residential, commercial,...
Typhoon Rammasun Passes South of Manila, Strengthening Expected: AIR
Jul 17 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Rammasun weakened as it crossed the Philippine island of Luzon and passed to the south of Manila, where wind speeds of 60-140 km/hr (37-87 mph) were observed,...
Louisiana Parishes Buying Out Flood Prone Homes
Jul 16 2014 // Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana has a $4 million grant it’s using to buy nine storm-damaged or flood-prone homes throughout the parish. Lafourche Parish has a similar program, but only two households are...
Aon Completes Acquisition of National Flood Services
Jul 16 2014 // Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and program business of Aon Risk Solutions, has completed its acquisition of StoneRiver National Flood Services, Inc. and related entities from StoneRiver Group, L.P. The deal was...
Typhoon Rammasun Makes Landfall in Philippines; AIR Analysis
Jul 16 2014 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported that Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in the Philippine province of Sorsogon with sustained winds of 157 km/h (98 mph) on Tuesday, July 15, in late afternoon local time. The...
