Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Scientists Vow to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property for Free
Jun 14 2019 // In a major research undertaking, a group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to calculate the past, current and future flood risk of every property in America. While...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications
Jun 13 2019 // Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily injury and property damage, directors and officers claims for a...
House Committee Approves 5-Year Flood Insurance Extension with Bipartisan Reforms
Jun 13 2019 // A key House committee has passed legislation to renew the National Flood Insurance Program for five years and institute various reforms. The House Financial Services Committee, by a bipartisan vote of 59 to 0, approved the...
Former Florida Association for Insurance Reform Expands Nationally, Will Focus on Flood
Jun 13 2019 // The Federal Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR), formerly the Florida Association for Insurance Reform, is expanding nationwide with a focus on reducing uninsured flood risk across the United States. FAIR is a...
Take the Flood Insurance Quiz
Jun 12 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released an online quiz, “What the Flood!,” as part of its #YourRiskIsReal campaign, an ongoing effort to educate consumers about flood risks and the...
U.S. May Allow Flooded Farmers Filing Insurance Claims to Also Get Trade Aid
Jun 11 2019 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into ways to allow farmers who have been unable to plant crops due to rains and waterlogged fields to qualify for farm aid payments, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on...
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in North Carolina, 3 Deaths
Jun 11 2019 // A chunk of North Carolina’s mountains and foothills are facing flash flooding that’s being blamed for three deaths. The National Weather Service said Sunday that six inches or more of rain had fallen in parts...
Officials: Around 600 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Structures Swamped by Floodwaters
Jun 10 2019 // About 600 Tulsa County homes and business were inundated during last week’s historic flooding along the swollen Arkansas River, city officials said. Joe Kralicek, executive director of the Tulsa Area Emergency...
Arkansas Seeking Federal Disaster Declaration for Flooding
Jun 10 2019 // Arkansas’ governor has asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster for eight counties that have been hit by historic flooding along the Arkansas River. Gov. Asa Hutchinson asked Trump in a letter dated...
Flooding in Central U.S. Impacts Recreation, Tourism Industries
Jun 10 2019 // As the waters of the swollen Arkansas River rose in Little Rock, and threatened to reach record heights, Samuel Ellis had to make the tough, but prudent, decision to indefinitely shutter kayak rentals from his tour...
Mississippi Floodgate Closed as Delta Flooding Continues
Jun 10 2019 // A floodgate in Mississippi has again closed to prevent the swollen Mississippi River from spilling inland and worsening flooding in parts of the Mississippi Delta. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it closed the Steele...
U.S. Tornadoes, Hail and Winds Reach Highest Levels Since 2011: Aon Report
Jun 10 2019 // The U.S. dealt with close to 4,400 reports of tornadoes, hail and straight-line winds in May, the most since 2011, according to weather data cited by Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report. According to the...
Flooded Streets, Tornadoes Reported in Louisiana
Jun 7 2019 // Authorities in Louisiana are investigating reports of a possible tornado damage in the Baton Rouge area. The Advocate reports one home was severely damaged by a possible tornado in the community of Central. Baton Rouge...
Flooding Midwest Rivers Test Fortifications Around Missouri
Jun 6 2019 // The flooding Missouri and Mississippi rivers tested sandbag fortifications on June 5 as surging waters making their way downstream rose to some of their highest levels in more than two decades in parts of Missouri. The...
Repairing Homes After Disasters Requires Planning, Patience Even with Insurance
Jun 6 2019 // For the Parkers of Houston, Texas, there will be no summer vacation this year because they are still paying off the dent in their finances left by 2017’s Hurricane Harvey. The couple joins a growing list of people...
Study: Extensive Coal Ash Detected at Bottom of North Carolina Lake
Jun 6 2019 // A toxic stew of coal ash has spilled repeatedly and apparently unnoticed from storage pits at a Wilmington power plant into an adjoining lake, according to a Duke University scientist who said Monday that flooding last...
National General Acquires Insurtech Syndeste; Launches Private Flood Product in Florida
Jun 6 2019 // Personal lines insurer National General Holdings Corp. (NGHC) will begin offering private flood insurance in Florida later this summer after its acquisition of Syndeste LLC, an insurance technology company. National...
Flooding Continues to Strain Levees Along Missouri, Mississippi Rivers
Jun 5 2019 // Communities along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers are piling up sandbags as another round of flooding strains levees. The Kansas City Star reports that more than 40 levees have been overtopped across Missouri in less...
Millennials More Likely to Buy Flood Insurance Than Baby Boomers
Jun 4 2019 // Millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996— are nearly three times more likely to have purchased flood insurance than their older Baby Boomer counterparts born between 1944 and 1964, a new survey finds. Overall,...
Congress Gives Final OK to Stalled Disaster Aid, 4 Month Flood Insurance Extension
Jun 3 2019 // The U.S. Congress on Monday approved legislation providing $19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign...
