Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Weather Service: Flash Floods Pushed Cars off California Desert Highway
Aug 24 2016 // The National Weather Service says vehicles were washed off a Southern California desert highway as a band of thunderstorms led to powerful flash flooding. The weather service says the flooding was reported Monday evening...
Report: Thousands of South Carolina Flood Victims Still Need Help
Aug 24 2016 // Thousands of people in South Carolina still need home repairs, while the state has submitted a plan for using almost $100 million in federal housing aid almost a year after historic rains inundated the state. The state is...
1347 Property Insurance Holdings Expects Losses from Louisiana Storms
Aug 23 2016 // 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc., which offers specialty property/casualty insurance through its subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co. (Maison), said it expects to incur losses from claims related to damage from the recent...
Flood Claims Mount; FEMA Extends Insurance Renewal Period for Some in Louisiana
Aug 23 2016 // Due to the damage and displacement caused by recent flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended to 120 days the grace period to renew flood insurance policies in certain Louisiana parishes. The...
Analysis: Flooding Intensifies Louisiana’s Financial Woes
Aug 22 2016 // “How’s your house?” That’s the new greeting for many across south Louisiana as a 20-parish area digs out of catastrophic flooding and its aftermath. The logical next question often remains unspoken:...
RMS Releases Suite of Europe Inland Flood Risk Data to Open U/W Opportunities
Aug 22 2016 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has released a suite of Europe inland flood hazard data products. Describing the release as “the highest resolution view of the risk available on the...
Typhoon Mindulle Batters Tokyo, Bringing Risk of Floods and Landslides
Aug 22 2016 // Tokyo was pummeled by rain and winds as Mindulle became the first typhoon to make landfall near the metropolitan region in 11 years on Monday, bringing the risk of floods and landslides. The typhoon’s center was...
Nearly $200k Granted to Flood-Damaged Businesses in West Virginia
Aug 22 2016 // The state has given a round of almost $200,000 in grants to 23 Greenbrier County small businesses damaged by floods. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced the grants Thursday at Cook’s Country Kitchen in White Sulphur...
NAIC Drafts Changes for NFIP, Encourages Long-Term Reauthorization
Aug 22 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its recommendations for changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) when it goes up before Congress for reauthorization next year. The...
RMS: Flood Insurance Uptake Low in Areas Hit Hardest by Louisiana Flooding
Aug 19 2016 // Calling the recent flooding event in Louisiana one of the most significant natural disasters in the United States, catastrophe modelling firm RMS said flood insurance participation is low in the parishes most affected by...
86,500 People Affected by Louisiana Floods Seek Federal Aid
Aug 19 2016 // Some 86,500 people have filed for federal aid after deadly flooding hit Louisiana in the past several days and damaged some 40,000 homes, Gov. John Bel Edwards told a news conference on Aug. 18. He said the death toll from...
Louisiana Issues Post-Flooding Emergency Insurance Rule
Aug 19 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued an emergency rule allowing greater protection and flexibility for insurance policyholders impacted by recent flooding. The emergency rule gives flood-affected...
Louisiana Reminds Insurers of Flooded Vehicle Requirements
Aug 18 2016 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a reminder to insurance companies regarding the Certificate of Destruction title requirements for flooded vehicles. The department issued the bulletin following the federal...
Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance
Aug 18 2016 // Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them out if one strikes. As disaster season peaks, a new national consumer survey commissioned by Trusted...
As Louisiana Surveys Flood Damage, Death Toll Rises
Aug 17 2016 // As waters receded in parts of Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge, some residents returned to their flood-damaged homes on Aug. 16 for the first time and found a soggy mess. David Key used a small boat to get to...
U.S. Launches ‘Biggest Ever Improvement’ in Flood Forecasting
Aug 16 2016 // U.S. government weather scientists and their research partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for what the federal agency...
AIR Worldwide: Louisiana’s Record Rainfall Caused by Low-Pressure System
Aug 16 2016 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that the extensive flooding in southern Louisiana, from west of Baton Rouge to Mississippi, was caused by a slow-moving tropical depression–like low-pressure system that...
Report Questions Texas Regulators’ Handling of Flood-Related Oil ‘Mess’
Aug 16 2016 // Internal emails show Texas energy regulators describing a “mess” of leaking crude oil heading downstream near Houston following heavy storms in May, raising new questions about how the state has handled...
NAIC Drafts Changes for NFIP, Encourages Long-Term Reauthorization
Aug 15 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its recommendations for changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) when it goes up before Congress for reauthorization next year. The...
6 Dead, Tens of Thousands Evacuated in Louisiana Flooding
Aug 15 2016 // Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region Sunday, three days after rain-swollen...
