Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Louisiana Emergency Rule Extends Flood-Impacted Policyholder Protection
May 15 2017 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says a new emergency rule extends the time in which policyholders affected by August 2016 flooding have to comply with insurance policy provisions. Emergency Rule 33 continues...
Louisiana Flood Damage Survey Help Sessions Planned
May 15 2017 // Louisiana is holding outreach sessions to help homeowners with damage from last year’s floods to fill out a survey that is the initial step to requesting aid from the state. Six events are scheduled across Louisiana...
Idaho Governor Visits State’s Flooded Central Region
May 15 2017 // Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter says he’s ready to offer assistance to flooding communities in central Idaho. The Idaho Mountain Express reported that Otter visited with residents, emergency management officials...
Surplus Lines Could Meet Your Insured’s Flood Coverage Needs
May 15 2017 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been the topic of much debate in recent years, especially with the program set to expire on September 30. The NFIP is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Idaho City Assessing Flood Risks Prior to Federal Maps Release
May 15 2017 // Boise, Idaho, officials have expressed concerns with federal maps that propose adding hundreds of acres to a flood plain in the city, which could increase the cost and difficulty of buying or developing nearby...
Storm-Related Arkansas Crop Losses Estimated at $64.5M
May 15 2017 // Flooding and severe weather this year have caused an estimated $64.5 million in damage to Arkansas croplands, according to the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Some 937,000 acres of cropland have been...
Flooding Overwhelming Central Idaho Neighborhoods
May 11 2017 // City officials in central Idaho are warning residents to prepare for more flooding as muddy water continues to overwhelm neighborhoods in Ketchum and Bellevue. Blaine County Disaster Services Coordinator Chris Corwin says...
U.S. Weather Remains Biggest Driver of Global Insurance Losses in 2017: Aon
May 10 2017 // Severe weather in the U.S. remains the largest contributor to global insurance losses in 2017 after April continued the trend with multi-billion dollar losses for public and private insurers, according to Impact...
Arkansas Crop Damage from Floods Pegged at $64.5M
May 8 2017 // Preliminary estimates show that flooding and severe weather have affected more than 900,000 acres of farmland in Arkansas. A report released by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture puts preliminary...
Arkansas Implements 60-Day Premium Payment Extension for Flood Victims
May 8 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr announced a 60-day moratorium on the cancellation/non-renewal of insurance policies for the non-payment of premiums by Arkansans residing in counties declared a disaster by Gov....
Louisiana Scraps Proposal to Use $190M in Flood Aid for Canal Project
May 8 2017 // A proposal to divert $190 million of Louisiana’s disaster recovery money to a flood protection project was scrapped amid criticism that it risked stripping aid from thousands of homeowners trying to rebuild after...
Heavy Rains Cause Flooding in NYC Region, Disrupt Travel
May 8 2017 // Heavy rains caused flooding in New York City and flight delays in the region on Friday. Officials said two tracks at Penn Station were out of service Friday afternoon because of flooding and parts of the West Side Highway,...
Louisiana Commissioner Requests Flood Insurance Proof of Loss Extension
May 5 2017 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to further extend the filing deadline for Louisiana policyholders impacted by the August flood. FEMA’s National Flood...
Midwest Flood Crisis Remains as Officials Warn of Floodwater Risks
May 5 2017 // River levels fell on May 4 after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Officials have not said when hundreds of residents displaced from flooded properties in suburban...
Idaho Flood Recovery Is Far From Over
May 5 2017 // Accustomed to drought, south-central Idaho was overwhelmed this winter by simply too much water. Snowstorms cloaked the mountains and valleys. The saturated ground froze, buckling asphalt. Then sudden runoff in February...
Louisiana GOP Seeks to Divert $190M in Flood Aid to Protection Project
May 4 2017 // House Republican lawmakers are proposing to divert $190 million of Louisiana’s congressional disaster-recovery money to a flood-protection project, a move that would shrink aid earmarked for homeowners struggling to...
One Floodgate Fails to Automatically Stop Traffic During Pennsylvania Storm
May 4 2017 // Pittsburgh, Penn., public safety officials are trying to determine why a rain-activated gate failed to automatically stop traffic from entering a low-lying roadway during a storm Monday afternoon. Instead, a police patrol...
Mississippi Urges Residents to Invest in Flood Insurance
May 4 2017 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney has issued a strong recommendation to residents of the state to secure flood insurance and noted several new private flood carriers have entered the state’s flood...
3 Dead in Missouri Storms; Flooding Forces Hundreds of Rescues
May 2 2017 // Torrential rain caused Missouri waterways to burst their banks over the weekend, forcing hundreds of road closures and killing at least three people. Some parts of the state got as much as a foot of rain over the weekend,...
New Law Encourages Flood Protection in West Virginia Communities
May 2 2017 // A new law in West Virginia aims to help parts of the state better prepare for major flooding. A new state resiliency office will receive funds, coordinate efforts and update plans annually against disasters like the...
