Oklahoma – State of Emergency Declared for 9 Counties After to Floods and Storms
A state of emergency for nine counties in Oklahoma was declared on 14 June 2016 after severe floods and storms in the state that began Saturday 11 June, 2016. The…
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President Declares Disaster for 12 Counties After Texas Floods
President Obama declared a disaster on 11 June 2016 for the 12 counties affected by recent floods in Texas. The declaration means that federal disaster aid will be made available…
More Than 6.8 Million US Homes at Risk of Storm Surge Damage
A recent report says that more than 6.8 million homes in the USA are at potential risk of damage from hurricane storm surge inundation. The report adds that the total…
Texas Floods – 11 Dead, Rivers at Record Levels, Governor Declares Disaster
Update: The bodies of the remaining 4 missing soldiers swept away by flood waters during a training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, have now been found. A total of 9…
Texas Floods – Death Toll Rises, Prisons Evacuated
Six people have now been reported to have died in flooding that has affected parts of Texas since 26 May 2016. On Sunday 29 May, 2016, a woman died after…
Texas Floods – 2 Dead, 3 Missing in South East Texas After 420mm of Rain in 24 Hours
Record rain of 420 mm in 24 hours triggered floods in south east Texas on Thursday, 26 May 2016. Officials say that at least two people were killed and three…
Lloyds Calls for USA to End National Flood Insurance Program
Major insurer calls for an end to government subsidies that encourage expensive house-building schemes in areas of the US at high risk of floods and storms, by Kieran Cooke for…
East Texas Floods Leave 6 Dead After 190mm of Rain in 1 Hour
Storms and torrential rain early on Saturday 30 April resulted in floods that have left at least 6 people dead in Palestine, 100 miles (160 km) south east of Dallas,…
South Mississippi Hit by Flash Floods After 254 mm of Rain – Gulfport Declares Emergency
Parts of South Mississippi experienced flash flooding yesterday after a storm system struck in the early hours of Thursday, 28 April, 2016, dumping as much as 10 inches (254mm) of…
Houston Floods – Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Prevented $5 Billion Damage
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District officials estimate that the Addicks and Barker reservoirs prevented $5.1 billion in monetary damages during the major floods that hit Houston…
Houston Floods – President Declares Major Disaster
On Monday, 25 April, the USA federal government granted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request for Individual Assistance for Fayette, Grimes, Harris, and Parker counties after the major floods of 18 April. At…
Texas Floods – 7 Deaths Confirmed in Houston Area, Flood Warnings Remain
Authorities in Houston, Texas, have confirmed that 7 people have now died in flood-related incidents since the flooding struck on Monday 18 April. Water levels at some sites are already receding…
Texas – Flood Deaths Reported in Houston, State of Disaster Declared for 9 Texas Counties
At least 3 people have died in the floods in Houston since yesterday. Some areas saw as much as 17 inches of rain. Authorities estimate a total of 240 billion…
Texas – Flash Flood Emergency in Houston After 12 Inches of Rain in 24 Hours
A Flash Flood Emergency has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Houston Metro area after torrential rain hammered parts of the city over the last 24 hours.…
Historic Preservation Needs to Be Part of Disaster Planning
New research from the University of Colorado Denver shows many communities in the USA fail to take historic preservation into account when planning for natural disasters, risking a loss of…
Las Vegas – Four Rescued From Floods After Record Rain
Record rain caused flash floods in the Las Vegas Valley area on Saturday, 09 April. Local fire fighters were called out to rescue at least 4 people who were trapped…
