Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
German Insurers’ 2021 Claims Could Reach €11.5B ($13.6B) After Floods, Hail
Sep 2 2021 // German insurers face claims of about 11.5 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in 2021 after extensive flooding and hail storms, Germany’s insurance lobby GDV said on Thursday. It could be the most expensive year for...
Floods, Outages Stall Oil Companies’ Efforts to Restart After Hurricane Ida
Aug 31 2021 // Widespread flooding from Hurricane Ida and power outages slowed efforts on Tuesday by energy firms to assess damages at oil production facilities, ports and refineries. Nearly all of Louisiana lost electrical power on...
Ida Loses Punch, Levees Hold; Louisiana Expects More Rain, Flooding
Aug 29 2021 // Ida lost some of its punch over southwestern Mississippi on Aug. 30 after making landfall in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the region, but it could still trigger heavy flooding, the National...
Emergency Declaration in Arizona County Due to Flood Damage
Aug 27 2021 // Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has issued a declaration of emergency for Coconino County after heavy rain last week caused major flood damage to homes, neighborhoods and private property. Ducey said this week that damage caused...
Insured Damage From Germany’s Deadly July Floods Estimated at €7B ($8.2B)
Aug 27 2021 // Devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of about 7 billion euros ($8.2 billion), an insurance industry group said Wednesday, significantly increasing its previous...
Final Victim of Tennessee Flooding Found; Death Toll Stands at 20
Aug 27 2021 // The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee was recovered on Wednesday, prompting the search for victims to be suspended as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Tennessee Flooding Damages More Than 270 Homes
Aug 26 2021 // Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment cleared their way through trees densely matted with vegetation, garbage and building debris Tuesday as searchers scoured a normally shallow creek for more flooding victims in rural...
Biden Orders Disaster Declaration After Tennessee Flooding
Aug 25 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration sought by Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed at least 22 people, according to a statement sent Tuesday. The action frees up...
Massive 2016 Flood Still Defines South Louisiana Parish
Aug 24 2021 // Jennifer Carnevale’s yard can hold 23 inches of water before her house floods. She knows because her family has seen the water cross that all-important threshold, twice. “We’ve measured it,” the...
North Carolina Flooding Claims Five Victims
Aug 24 2021 // Officials have found a fifth person dead after flooding in western North Carolina. Haywood County Emergency Services announced in a Facebook post that they found the fifth victim, Frank Lauer Sr., 74, of Cruso on Sunday....
Climate Change Exacerbated Germany’s Deadly Floods: Report
Aug 24 2021 // The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more likely and more intense by climate change. These are the conclusions of a rapid attribution report put together...
Tennessee Rescue Search Continues After Historic Flooding
Aug 23 2021 // At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle...
Storm Henri Causes Flooding, Power Outages in Northeast; Heavy Rains to Continue
Aug 23 2021 // Henri is soaking the U.S. Northeast with rain and disrupting transport after being downgraded to a tropical depression. The former hurricane will produce additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts...
Insured Losses from European Floods Estimated at $6 Billion-$7.7 Billion: RMS
Aug 23 2021 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe modeling company, estimates that insured losses from the Western and Central Europe flooding, which occurred between July 12 and 18, 2021, will likely range between €5 billion...
Catastrophic Flooding Takes 22 Lives in Tennessee; More People Missing
Aug 23 2021 // Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least 22 dead and dozens missing Saturday as rains washed away homes and rural roads, authorities said. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told news outlets more than 20...
Flood-Weakened Tracks a ‘Probable Cause’ in 2019 Fort Worth Train Derailment
Aug 23 2021 // Federal officials say a train that derailed and caught fire in Fort Worth in 2019 was traveling on tracks that had been weakened by flooding after days of rain. The National Transportation Safety Board said in an accident...
North Carolina Gov. Cooper Issues State of Emergency After Tropical Storm Fred Causes Historic Flooding
Aug 18 2021 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Fred, which caused severe flood in the western part of the state. Approximately 30 people are currently in missing in Haywood...
One Dead in ‘Unprecedented’ El Paso Flooding
Aug 16 2021 // A storm system that stalled for days over West Texas led to what a National Weather Service meteorologist on Aug. 14 called an “unprecedented” amount of rain in the predominantly dry El Paso area, leaving a...
Storm Flooding Closes East-Central Arizona Highway
Aug 12 2021 // Flooding and debris from storm runoff closed a 17.5-mile stretch of U.S. between Superior and Miami in east-central Arizona, authorities said. The Arizona Department of Transportation said there was no estimated reopening...
State Asking FEMA to Assess Southern Vermont Flood Damage
Aug 10 2021 // The state is going to ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency to see if the damage caused by flooding in southern Vermont will qualify for disaster assistance. To qualify, Vermont must show there is at least a million...
