Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Orders City to Pay Indiana Couple $102K for Flood Damage
May 29 2018 // A jury has ordered a northern Indiana city to pay a couple more than $102,000 for flood damage their home suffered nearly a decade ago. Richard and Janet Brown sued the city of Valparaiso after 18 inches of floodwater...
With a Roar, Flash Flood Smashes Into a Maryland Community
May 29 2018 // Roaring flash floods struck a Maryland city Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years ago, its main street turned into a raging river that reached the first floor of some buildings and swept away parked...
Maryland’s Frederick County to Conduct Flood Damage Survey
May 24 2018 // A western Maryland county hit hard by flooding last week is surveying residents and businesses to get a handle on the extent of the damage. Frederick County announced Saturday that the survey will help determine whether...
Flash Floods Prompt State of Emergency in 2 West Virginia Counties
May 22 2018 // Two counties in West Virginia have declared a state of emergency over flash-flood risks in the area. The Journal of Martinsburg reports the declaration in Jefferson and Berkeley counties comes after four days of torrential...
New Jersey Reminds Residents, Insurance Companies to Prepare for Hurricane Season
May 22 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is urging the insurance and banking companies it regulates, as well as New Jersey residents, to prepare now for hurricane season, which officially begins June 1. All...
7 Questions to Consider When Selling Flood Insurance
May 21 2018 // Any agent who has used the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the past to deliver flood insurance to clients knows all too well that trying to simplify the complexities of flood insurance in the midst of program...
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 21 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) has worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners, state and local governments,...
Flooding from Montana River Receding, But is Expected to Rise Again
May 16 2018 // Montana’s Clark Fork River near Missoula is receding after it crested at the highest level in a century and swept trees, trailers and other dangerous debris downstream. Residents aren’t out of danger yet. The...
Aon’s April Catastrophe Report: Storms Deal Blow in U.S.; Floods Take 78 Lives in Africa
May 10 2018 // During April, five separate storm systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast, with nearly 70 tornado...
Texas Governor: Harris County Can Hold Flood Control Bond Election
May 9 2018 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has granted Harris County’s request to hold an August special election in which residents could be asked to approve as much as $2.5 billion to finance critical flood-control projects. The...
Want Flood? Let the Market Make it Happen.
May 9 2018 // I spent a day last week in a conference that was focused on some specific risks that make up a property insurance gap nationwide. The morning was focused on one of my favorite soap boxes, flood. You guessed it. It’s...
Appeals Court Reverses MRGO Flooding Ruling
May 7 2018 // A Washington appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that held the federal government liable for some of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other major storms — a ruling that could have resulted...
Flood, Tax Relief, Cyber Security: Risk Managers’ View on the Political Turmoil in Washington
May 7 2018 // Congress is headed for a “major showdown” over the flood insurance program, according to an insurance broker lobbyist who notes that the program expires July 31, right in the middle of hurricane season. That...
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 4 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the next two weeks as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners,...
With Flood Risk Rising, Coastal Real Estate Looks a Lot Like a Junk Bond: Viewpoint
May 4 2018 // A friend of mine who is a bit of a climate-change skeptic once challenged me with this question: If climate change is such a pressing danger, why haven’t coastal real estate prices crashed? It’s a fair...
Five Things Homeowners Need to Know About Finished Basements
May 3 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. 1. Does a Finished Basement Increase a Home’s Value? An example of Remodeling Magazine’s definition of a midrange basement remodel costing $71,115. It...
Worries over Contamination After Kauai Flooding
Apr 30 2018 // Beaches and other areas on Kauai that smell like sewage may be showing signs of contamination, according to Hawaii health officials. The Hawaii Department of Health hasn’t received any indications of disease...
AAA Carolinas Launches Inland Flood Coverage for Homeowners
Apr 30 2018 // AAA Carolinas Insurance has launched new inland flooding protection for policyholders. The Inland Flood Coverage is one of three new enhancements offered by AAA Carolinas Insurance, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. Home...
Retired Engineer Questions Plans to Relieve Houston-Area Bayou Flooding
Apr 27 2018 // Hurricane Harvey’s epic rain in August 2017 convinced many residents and elected officials in Southeast Texas that the drastic flooding required drastic drainage solutions. The Galveston County Daily News reports one...
FEMA Proposes Allowing Owners to Rebuild Homes After Taxpayer Buyouts
Apr 26 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing to allow owners of homes destroyed by storms and bought out by the government to rebuild on the same flood-prone land. Currently, FEMA offers to buy homes that have been...
