Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
App Will Track Floodgate Closures in Louisiana
Nov 18 2013 // The Terrebonne Levee District in Louisiana has designed a phone application that allows boaters to check floodgate closures. Terrebonne Administrative Manager Angela Rains tells The Courier the parish manages nine...
Dubuque, Iowa Looks at Funding for Flood Prevention
Nov 18 2013 // Dubuque, Iowa, is considering whether to apply for nearly $100 million in state tax incentives for a huge flood-mitigation project that could be completed over the next two decades. The Dubuque City Council will meet today...
Analysis: Louisiana Gov. Jindal in Shadows of Flood Rate Fight
Nov 18 2013 // Steep rate increases for flood insurance are hitting homeowners and businesses across south Louisiana, and state officials and business leaders warn the increases could severely damage local economies. Despite the calls...
Mass. AG Files Federal Brief Urging Court Action on Flood Insurance
Nov 18 2013 // In support of a Mississippi lawsuit that alleges the new FEMA flood insurance rates are arbitrary and unlawful, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed an amicus brief in federal court arguing that FEMA...
Interest in Flood Insurance Rises Following Central Texas Storms
Nov 18 2013 // More than a foot of rain inundated parts of Central Texas beginning late on Oct. 30. In the aftermath of widespread flooding, insurance agents in Austin say interest in flood insurance coverage has risen dramatically,...
Will Hurricane Katrina Legal Issues Be Resurrected in Sandy Claims?
Nov 18 2013 // It has been more than eight years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, and only slightly more than one year since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on or about Oct. 29, 2012. Following Hurricane Katrina,...
Colorado Lawmakers Reviewing Flood Response
Nov 18 2013 // Colorado lawmakers are studying responses to September’s catastrophic floods. A legislative panel held its first meeting in November to look at whether there’s a need for legislation to better react to such a...
Vietnam Says 24 Dead in Floods, Search for 10 Missing Continues
Nov 17 2013 // Twenty-four people died and a search continues for 10 others missing after three days of downpours triggered flooding in Vietnam’s central provinces, the National Committee for Flood and Storm Control said...
Flood Grant Program Proving Popular In North Dakota City
Nov 15 2013 // A program that will help homeowners in Minot, N.D. with repair costs following devastating Souris River flooding two years ago is proving popular. More than 700 people have applied for assistance from a program that offers...
Florida, Alabama Officials Back Mississippi’s Suit Over Flood Insurance
Nov 15 2013 // Florida and Alabama government officials have filed an amicus brief this week supporting the Mississippi insurance department’s lawsuit against the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program’s...
2 Louisiana Parishes File Suits Against Oil Companies
Nov 14 2013 // Two southeast Louisiana parishes filed multiple lawsuits against numerous oil and gas companies, claiming they failed to restore damage their operations did to coastal areas while releasing toxic pollutants, in violation...
Much of Eastern Asia Underinsured for Weather As Risk, Values Rising
Nov 13 2013 // Insured losses from weather-related events in Eastern Asia amount to only about 10 percent of the $700 billion in total losses accumulated over the last three decades, according to an analysis by Munich Re. According to...
Indiana Students Develop Plans to Fight Nature’s Fury
Nov 13 2013 // Jerzie Eagle and Liesl Elkin pointed to their topography map that showed the eight acres of flood-prone land around Carter and Murden streets in Kokomo, Ind. This is where their arboretum will go once the city tears down...
Central Texans’ Interest in Flood Insurance Rises Along with Claims
Nov 13 2013 // Insurance agents in Austin, Texas, report the interest in homeowners obtaining flood insurance coverage has risen dramatically after two recent rains that have flooded portions of Austin and neighboring communities....
New York’s Long Beach Getting $13M for Flood Barriers
Nov 12 2013 // New York State will spend $13 million on flood barriers for the industrial district of Long Beach, Long Island. The district was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy. It houses essential infrastructure facilities that include...
National Forests Put Colorado Flood Damage At $17M
Nov 11 2013 // September flooding in caused nearly $17 million in damage to roads, trails, campgrounds and other facilities in the Arapaho and Roosevelt national forests in northern Colorado. The Forest Service released a preliminary...
Record Typhoon Again Shows Philippines Most at Risk for Natural Hazards
Nov 10 2013 // Destruction from Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful storm on record to strike the Philippines, shows the task facing President Benigno Aquino to curb the death toll in a country prone to natural disasters. The...
Austin Homeowner’s Interest in Flood Insurance Rises
Nov 8 2013 // Insurance agents in Austin, Texas report the interest in homeowners obtaining flood insurance coverage has risen dramatically after two recent rains that have flooded portions of Austin and neighboring communities. Roughly...
Iowa City Work Prompts Lower Flood Insurance Rates
Nov 7 2013 // Property owners in Iowa City’s 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums because of city efforts on a variety of flood-related projects. Property owners in the flood plain...
Colorado Lawmakers Reviewing Flood Response
Nov 7 2013 // Colorado lawmakers are studying responses to September’s catastrophic floods. A special state legislative panel held its first meeting Tuesday. Members are looking at whether there’s a need for legislation to...
