New Estimates Say UK Floods Could Cost Insurers up to $2.5 Billion
An additional £500 million [$838 million] has been added to the flood loss estimates from the almost continual storms, some reaching hurricane strength, which have produced widespread flooding to parts...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Government Building Damaged by Flood
Workers at the North Carolina Department of Insurance and other state agencies are cleaning up after water flooded a state building in downtown Raleigh damaging offices and state records. Officials...
View ArticleLouisville Ordinance Prevents Kentucky Homeowners from Repairing Flooded Homes
Gerald and Nancy Barton are in a fix. After an April 3 storm flooded their Louisville, Ky., home, they had to tear out the floorboards and the bottom half of the wallboards. But they can’t get the...
View ArticleWest Virginia Assessing Damage from Rain, Flooding
Damage assessments are taking place in the 10 West Virginia counties that were drenched by torrential rain and flooding last week. The assessments started on July 16 and are being conducted jointly by...
View ArticleAlabama Drying Out After Weekend Floods
Flood waters receded along the Alabama coast Monday after storms from a tropical weather system dumped about 7.5 inches of rain in less than a day, inundating roads and creating dangerous surf...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Slammed by Weekend Storm
A dangerous rainstorm drenching the East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina – cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing “too many roads to name” because...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Provide $40M in Aid to Farmers Hit by Flood
South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall’s flooding could get up to $40 million in state aid to stay afloat under legislation advanced Wednesday to the House floor. The legislation approved 21-0...
View ArticleMajor Storm System Causes Widespread Flooding in Mississippi
As the Leaf River rose north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 26-year-old Rebecca Bruce and her fiancé grabbed what they could and left the shed where they live. The water was more than 2 feet deep indoors...
View ArticleOfficials: Mississippi Flood Damage Most Widespread Since Hurricane Katrina
Mississippi officials say the damage from floods this month is the most widespread the state has had since Hurricane Katrina. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson tells The...
View ArticleFederal Disaster Declared in 3 Mississippi Counties After Floods
President Barack Obama has declared a disaster in three Mississippi counties following flooding this month. Residents in the Bolivar, Coahoma and Washington counties can apply for individual...
View ArticleMississippi Granted $13.3M for Storm Recovery, 11 More Counties Eligible for Aid
Gov. Phil Bryant says 11 additional counties have been added to Mississippi’s most recent disaster declaration due to the March flooding and severe storms. In a news release, Bryant said Clarke,...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Senate Approves $40M Farmer Flood Aid
The Senate has approved a bill providing $40 million to South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall’s flooding. Senators voted 33-3 Thursday on legislation allowing farmers in disaster-declared...
View ArticleFEMA Extends Deadline for Mississippi Flood Victims to File Proof of Loss Form
Mississippi victims of March flooding now have more time to file their required Proof of Loss form, according to a statement from the Mississippi Insurance Department. Mississippi’s Commissioner of...
View ArticleFlood Aid Bill for South Carolina Farmers Headed to Governor
A bill to give $40 million to South Carolina farmers who lost much of their crops in last year’s massive floods is on its way to a showdown with the governor. The House voted 85-2 Wednesday to agree to...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Governor Vetoes $40M Flood Aid Bill for Farmers
Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed a bill Monday that would send $40 million in aid to South Carolina farmers, saying farmers may complain loudly, but don’t need a bailout that isn’t being offered to all small...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor’s Farm Aid Veto
With dozens of farmers in the lobby and lawmakers cheering every speech, the South Carolina House on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill offering $40 million in state aid to...
View ArticleNew Estimates Say UK Floods Could Cost Insurers up to $2.5 Billion
An additional £500 million [$838 million] has been added to the flood loss estimates from the almost continual storms, some reaching hurricane strength, which have produced widespread flooding to parts...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Government Building Damaged by Flood
Workers at the North Carolina Department of Insurance and other state agencies are cleaning up after water flooded a state building in downtown Raleigh damaging offices and state records. Officials...
View ArticleLouisville Ordinance Prevents Kentucky Homeowners from Repairing Flooded Homes
Gerald and Nancy Barton are in a fix. After an April 3 storm flooded their Louisville, Ky., home, they had to tear out the floorboards and the bottom half of the wallboards. But they can’t get the...
View ArticleWest Virginia Assessing Damage from Rain, Flooding
Damage assessments are taking place in the 10 West Virginia counties that were drenched by torrential rain and flooding last week. The assessments started on July 16 and are being conducted jointly by...
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