George Kasimos has almost finished repairing flood damage to his waterfront home, but his Superstorm Sandy nightmare is far from over. Like thousands of others in the hardest-hit coastal stretches of New Jersey and New York, his life is in …
When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance.Now, as he seeks to move to Atlanta to be near family, Virden says potential buyers for …
A new board created to help Iowa communities limit flood damage is cancelling an upcoming meeting because of flooding. The Iowa Flood Mitigation Board had planned to meet Tuesday in Cedar Rapids, in what would have been its second meeting …
Wisconsin Reps. Ron Kind and Tom Petri put forward a crop insurance reform plan Wednesday that they say will save the federal government $11 billion over the next 10 years. Kind, a Democrat, and Petri, a Republican, announced their plan …
Parts of a storm-flooded Central Texas city hall will remain closed a few more days as cleanup continues. A spokesman for the city of College Station says affected staffers will likely be able to move back into their offices around …
The 9-year-old girl who got New Jersey’s tough-guy governor to shed a tear as he comforted her after her home was destroyed is bummed because she now lives far from her best friend and has nowhere to hang her One …
Officials say flooding from the Muskegon River in West Michigan caused more than $6 million in damage to about 150 Newaygo County homes. The Muskegon Chronicle reports that 24 roads were washed out or remained closed following the flooding, which …
As many as 200 homes have been damaged by recent floods in Kokomo, Ind.,and the city’s major says he’s confident help will roll in once all the damaged is assessed. Mayor Greg Goodnight tells WTHR about a dozen homes have …
More than four in five Americans (81 percent) know that a standard homeowner’s insurance policy doesn’t cover flood damage, according to new research from Bankrate.com. However, a similarly vast majority have not acted upon this key information. A 2012 poll …
The historic cobblestone streets and 19th-century mercantile buildings near the water’s edge in lower Manhattan are eerily deserted, a neighborhood silenced by Superstorm Sandy. Just blocks from the tall-masted ships that rise above South Street Seaport, the windows of narrow …