Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance, Banking Groups Balk at Limits on Flood Insurance Operations During Shutdown
Dec 27 2018 // As indicated by a report by Insurance Journal over the holidays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is limiting the authority of the nation’s flood insurance program to issue new and renewal policies...
President Signs Flood Insurance Extension But Government Shutdown Could Limit Operations
Dec 22 2018 // On Friday, December 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law a measure reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program until May 31, 2019. The flood program was set to expire at midnight on Dec. 21. However, the...
Restore Louisiana Offering Buyouts to Homeowners in Floodways
Dec 17 2018 // A Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said. Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can...
ICT: Central Texas October Flood Insured Losses Top $22M, So Far
Dec 14 2018 // Payments made by FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for insured losses from flooding in central Texas in mid-October have exceeded $22 million and could exceed $30 million when all claims have been filed...
Texas Hurricane Harvey Rebuilding Commission: Storm Was a ‘Wakeup Call’
Dec 14 2018 // A commission convened by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to focus on rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey issued a report on Dec. 13 saying the state should take a series of steps to prepare for the next big storm, including improving...
Sweden’s Wildfires Highlight Cost of Rapidly Changing Climate in Europe
Dec 12 2018 // Hannele Arvonen, the owner of one of Sweden’s largest lumber yards, is spending the winter months planning for a new and unexpected threat to her business: regular wildfires raging just south of the Arctic...
Texas Water Board: Cost to Curb Flooding over 10 Years – $31.5B
Dec 10 2018 // The cost to curtail damaging flooding across Texas over the next 10 years is more than $31.5 billion and state officials are urging lawmakers to adopt legislation meant to end a cycle of “repairing and...
South Carolina to Increase Hurricane Florence Aid Request to $435M
Dec 10 2018 // South Carolina’s congressional delegation will be able to ask for more funds to provide relief following Hurricane Florence, thanks to a move by the state’s governor. In a letter obtained Saturday by The...
Congress to Extend Government Funding, Including Flood Program, Until Dec. 21
Dec 6 2018 // The House of Representatives today approved a two-week government spending bill and sent it to the Senate, which is expected to go along. The measure would prevent a partial government shutdown by authorizing funding until...
Program Offering to Buy Out Louisiana Homeowners in Floodways
Dec 5 2018 // Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said. Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can...
Researchers: Houston’s Urbanization Partly to Blame for More Frequent and Intense Rain Events
Dec 3 2018 // Studies published earlier this year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center showing a dramatic increase in the frequency of intense rain events in the Houston area in recent...
Democrats’ Climate Change Concern Ebbs When Congress Faces Flood Insurance
Nov 30 2018 // A Congressional stalemate over flood insurance highlights the difficulty of enacting the type of reforms urged last week in a U.S. government report on climate change — even for Democrats, who embraced the...
Flood Insurance Lapse Avoided But Longer Term Extension Still Uncertain
Nov 29 2018 // The House and the Senate have approved a seven-day extension of the federal flood insurance program that keeps the program from lapsing Friday. That short extension will take the program to Dec. 7, the day by which...
How Taxpayers Subsidize Rebuilding Homes After Flooding… Repeatedly
Nov 28 2018 // Floodwaters rose about 15 inches (40 centimeters) into Danielle Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city on the Pamlico River and overwhelmed a local creek and marshland. The first...
Managing Natural Disasters Becomes Priority for Nation’s Governors
Nov 28 2018 // Governors have a wide range of priorities they want to tackle in the coming year, from tax reform to education. Yet it’s a topic that receives less attention on the campaign trail and in their speeches that could...
Analysts Weigh Chances Next Congress Will Actually Reform Flood Insurance
Nov 28 2018 // With the clock ticking on the National Flood Insurance Program’s authorization that is set to run out this Friday, Nov. 30, Congress is expected to renew the program short-term by taking one of several routes:...
Exclusive: Insiders Symington, Lehmann Analyze Mid-Term Elections for P/C Insurance
Nov 27 2018 // The voters have spoken. Republicans have increased their slight advantage in the Senate, while Democrats have flipped the House and will now be in control there. Of course, President Trump, a Republican, still occupies the...
Researchers: Houston Skyscrapers Slowed Hurricane Harvey, Causing More Rain
Nov 21 2018 // Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey snagged on the skyscrapers of Houston, causing it to slow and dump more rain than it normally...
Chubb Partners with Conservation Group on Flood Protection in Miami
Nov 21 2018 // Chubb announced that it is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest conservation organization, to work together in Miami to reduce the risk from storm impacts and rising sea levels on the...
Corps Study Seeks Solution to Jefferson County Flooding
Nov 20 2018 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at solutions to the persistent problem of flooding in Jefferson County near downtown Birmingham, Ala. WBMA-TV reports that a three-year study by the agency will look at multiple...
