Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Deadline for Louisiana Flood Insurance Proof of Loss Is Dec. 31
Dec 14 2017 // The end of the year deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders affected by the flooding in August 2016 of South Louisiana is fast approaching. After six extensions, the deadline for the filing of...
Special Reuters Report: The High Cost of Building in High Flood Risk Areas
Dec 12 2017 // When Hurricane Harvey sent two feet of water rolling into this small community about 35 miles north of Houston, Alfredo Becerra had to flee his modest 1,500-square-foot house. Muddy floodwater submerged the furniture and...
Economist: Hurricane Harvey’s Impact Will Guide Future Development in Houston
Dec 11 2017 // A Houston business group said on Dec. 8 that Hurricane Harvey’s biggest long-term impact on the nation’s fourth-largest city likely will be on where and how new homes and structures are built. The results of...
Bismarck, North Dakota, Levee Won’t Protect Some Homes from Flooding
Dec 11 2017 // A $4 million flood protection project in Bismarck set for next year will affect nearly two dozen properties that won’t be protected by the levee that’s being built. The Burleigh County Water Resource...
Vietnam Suffers Rare $1 Billion Natural Catastrophe Loss: Aon Benfield Report
Dec 11 2017 // Typhoon Damrey made landfall in Vietnam during November as a Category 2 strength storm, bringing estimated economic damages of VND22.1 trillion (US$1.0 billion) – a rare billion-dollar event for the country, according to...
Harvey-Related Woes Linger on Some Texas Farms
Dec 11 2017 // For days after Hurricane Harvey flooded her Sour Lake, Texas, neighborhood, Deanna Coburn’s farm was silent, without its usual chorus of bleating goats and crowing roosters. The Beaumont Enterprise reports her...
Tribe in New Mexico Requesting Federal Disaster Declaration for Flooding
Dec 11 2017 // New Mexico’s congressional delegation is asking the federal government for help as a Native American community in the state is recovering from the effects of severe weather and flooding. The delegation says a storm...
Prospect General Expands Admitted Flood Product into Oregon
Dec 8 2017 // Prospect General Insurance Agency has expanded Flood Guard, its admitted residential flood insurance product, into Oregon. Flood Guard provides residential flood coverage and is an alternative to the National Flood...
Texas’ Harris County OKs Post-Harvey Flood Construction Rules
Dec 7 2017 // Officials in a Texas county devastated by Hurricane Harvey have approved new regulations on building construction in flood-prone locations, rules they touted as the nation’s toughest for a major metropolitan...
Republicans Eye Stopgap Funding to Avoid Government, Flood Insurance Shutdown
Dec 6 2017 // House Republicans are moving ahead with a plan to avoid a Saturday U.S. government shutdown by passing a two-week stopgap spending measure, overriding conservative GOP lawmakers who were pressing for a longer extension to...
29 Million Flood Risk Properties Lie Outside Official Flood Zones: CoreLogic
Dec 6 2017 // An estimated 23 percent of residential and commercial properties in the U.S. are at high or moderate risk of flooding but are outside of designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) as identified by the Federal Emergency...
U.S. Flood Program to Collect $1 Billion in Reinsurance for Hurricane Harvey Claims
Dec 6 2017 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking to recover the full $1.042 billion of its reinsurance coverage to help pay the federal flood insurance program’s losses from Hurricane Harvey. Those paid...
Some in Congress Question Trump Flood Insurance, Disaster Aid Reforms
Dec 4 2017 // The Trump administration’s proposed $12 billion initiative to reduce future flood damage met with skepticism in Congress, as lawmakers warned against diverting emergency funding away from hurricane...
Harvey Flooding Put Some Texas Christmas Tree Farms Out of Business
Dec 1 2017 // For more than two decades, Deidra Marler and her family piled into pickup trucks after Thanksgiving lunch and headed over to the K&K Evergreen Farm to pick out their annual Christmas tree. The Beaumont Enterprise...
Day Laborers Being Exploited in Texas after Harvey, Advocates Say
Nov 28 2017 // Guillermo Miranda Vazquez starts his day in a parking lot near the Home Depot where he easily finds work alongside other day laborers who are cleaning up Houston after Hurricane Harvey. Some days, he clears rotted drywall...
Trump Disaster Aid Includes $12B for Cities Battling Climate Change Flooding
Nov 28 2017 // Hidden in the Trump administration’s $44 billion emergency budget request is a plan to expand an Obama-era effort to make cities and towns resilient to the more frequent storms tied to climate change. While President...
Houston Arts Groups Working to Recover from Hurricane Harvey
Nov 27 2017 // Houston Ballet artistic director Stanton Welch looked flushed as he stood at the edge of the Hobby Center’s Sarofim Hall stage during a break in the company’s annual Jubilee of Dance performance. The Houston...
Some Businesses in Dickinson, Texas, Still Recovering from Harvey
Nov 22 2017 // Some Dickinson business owners are getting back on their feet — or trying — after flooding from Hurricane Harvey swamped more than 80 shops, restaurants and offices. The Galveston County Daily News reports Keith...
Experts See Expanding Role for Parametric Insurance, Including for U.S. Disasters
Nov 22 2017 // Catastrophic losses this year due to extreme weather events have led to a growing interest in parametric insurance in the U.S., according to industry experts. Parametric coverage is also gaining traction as hazard modeling...
RMS Comments: What’s Next If Flood Insurance Reform Passes? If It Fails?
Nov 20 2017 // Last week, the House of Representatives voted 237-189 to pass the 21st Century Flood Reform Act (H.R. 2874) – a package of seven bills that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until 2022 and...
