In their Global Catastrophe Recap report for this month, Aon Benfield say that total insured losses from the severe weather events at the end of December in the US and…
Rivers in Missouri and Illinois reached record levels last week after a period of heavy rain between 23 and 28 December 2015. Flooding along the Mississippi, Meramec and Bourbeuse rivers…
River and flash flooding since late December has caused over 20 deaths in Illinois and Missouri and forced thousands to evacuate their homes. The flooding is now threatening to head…
A wave of severe weather events, including heavy snow, storms, flooding and tornadoes, has left as many as 43 people dead across the USA over the last few days. On…
According to a new report, Florida, Texas and Mississippi are among the US states poorest prepared for coastal flooding risk posed by a changing climate. Florida, Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio…
Yesterday marked the official opening of the Thornton Composite Reservoir, a new 7.9 billion gallon capacity reservoir connected to Chicago’s “Deep Tunnel” network that will offer flood protection for over…
The central US is experiencing flooding more often now than it was 50 years ago, new research shows. The study across 14 states finds rivers over much of the region…
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced on Saturday 11 October 2014 around $1 million investment for flood mitigation projects in Blue Island, llinois. The project is part of Governor Quinn’s agenda…
Storms, tornadoes, strong winds, hail, heavy rain and floods hit across central parts of USA yesterday, Tuesday 1 July 2014. Hundreds of thousands were left without power in parts of…
Parts of Ohio, especially the north east, were hit by storms and heavy rainover the last 2 days. Cleveland Hopkins Airport received 3.54 inches of rain in 24 hours on…
According to WBGZ Radio and local news, the director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Jonathon Monken, today warned that with snowpack at twice the normal amount, further “spring floods”…
One of the big rivers to burst its banks during the spring time floods in the Midwest, 2013, was the Illinois River. During April 2013, residents of towns like Peoria…
Springtime is here, and sadly that usually means floods for wide areas of the Midwest. So far the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri have been the areas most…
