texas flooding News

Hurricane Patricia Takes It Relatively Easy on Texas

Drenching storms that the remnants of Hurricane Patricia dragged into Texas finally cleared on Oct. 25 without leaving behind the death or devastation of torrential rain and floods that hit the state earlier in the year. Some parts of Texas …

ICT: Less than 25% of Texas Homeowners Carry Flood Insurance

Most Texas homeowners are unprotected when it comes to flood damage, a state insurance trade group says. Less than 25 percent of Texas homeowners carry flood insurance despite the risks of massive downpours that could occur in certain flood prone …

One Dead as Tropical Depression Bill Batters Texas

Though Tropical Storm Bill has been downgraded to a tropical depression, as it moves across Texas its heavy rains are flooding streets and have left at least one person dead in the state where severe weather killed about 30 people …

Insurance Crime Bureau: Up to 10,000 Vehicles Impacted in Texas Floods

The recent flooding in Texas means the end of the road for an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles that suffered water damage, National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). That’s the current estimate from Copart, a company that works on behalf …

Pacific Storms Rage While Atlantic Hurricane Season Opens Quietly

The Atlantic hurricane season opened with empty seas and low expectations as two storms raged off the western coast of Mexico, where they will almost certainly stay. Hurricane Andres, which formed last week and grew into a major Category 4 …

Damage Assessments Begin as Texas Flooding Recedes

Thousands of Texans are in the process of repairing vehicles and cleaning homes of flood water and debris after massive rainstorms inundated many parts of the state. Insurance adjusters are meeting with homeowners to assess the damage to both the …