British officials will hold their first meeting with insurers today on how they’ll deal with record floods that have so far caused an estimated 600 million pounds ($1 billion) in damage. Cabinet Office ministers Oliver Letwin and Jo Johnson are …
Colorado’s congressional delegation is asking the federal government to move faster to fix flood damage to prevent further destruction from wildfires. Letters have been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service asking them to fix …
A jury has found Jefferson Parish government negligent in the way it drafted and enacted a plan that evacuated drainage pump operators on the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall but ruled the parish was not responsible for subsequent flooding and …
A federal judge has dismissed Kmart Corporation’s lawsuit over flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth, Miss. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson ruled Tuesday that Kmart has insufficient evidence to support its arguments that the Kroger Company store …
A federal judge has denied a request from Kmart Corporation to file a corrected report on testimony of its engineering expert in a lawsuit over flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson ruled …
A team of plaintiffs’ attorneys has spent roughly $16 million to sue the Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches that flooded most of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Joseph Bruno, one of those lawyers, estimates that they ultimately will …
President Barack Obama has ordered federal aid to help state and local recovery efforts in areas of Central Texas hit with severe storms and flooding in late October. Obama on Friday declared a major disaster exists in the area. This …
Alaska officials estimate there’s been $2 million in damage to 120 homes from ongoing flooding problems in the Kalifornsky Beach area. The Peninsula Clarion reports residents met with state officials Wednesday. The area already was experiencing groundwater flooding before heavy …
Karen Clark & Company (KCC), independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models and catastrophe risk management, issued a report in conjunction with the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy that estimates $300 billion of property value in Sandy’s flood footprint and …
Kentucky court officials still don’t know the extent of damage to the Fayette Circuit Courthouse from flooding caused by a broken toilet valve. State Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Mary C. Noble tells the Lexington Herald-Leader the damage is extensive, …