NEWS RESULTS FOR FLOOD DAMAGE:

 

 Floodwaters rise in Northern Plains; crews restore power in Northeast
            The Red River at Fargo, North Dakota, reached "major flood stage" early Wednesday as the National Guard and a small army of volunteers filled sandbags to keep the waters at bay.

 Montpelier appeals water damage decision
            The city has filed an appeal in a small claims case it lost last month for that amount, a case a city resident filed when a water main broke, flooded his basement and damaged property in February 2009

The Nation’s Big Water Repair Bill
             A New York Times series, “Toxic Waters,” has chronicled the problems of the nation’s drinking water supply, from worsening chemical contamination to the crumbling networks of pipes that are costing local and state governments more and more to repair.

Second School Building of Day Is Evacuated Due to Water Damage and Flooding
             On the first day back after a long spring break, school officials at Public School 115 on West 177th Street in Washington Heights found that water damage had caused part of the ceiling in a couple of classrooms to tumble down.

 

National Flood Insurance Program

             Because floods can wreak wide and catastrophic destruction, few carriers provided flood insurance until 1968, when Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program

 

Expired National Flood Insurance Program Forces Thousands to Delay Home Closings
            Thousands of people trying to buy new homes have held off on closing their deals because they have no flood insurance.             

 Water main break floods Queens streets
            The 12-inch main broke near the intersection of 140th Avenue and 159th Street, flooding basements on several blocks and filling the streets with at least four feet of water, the station reported.

 

Flood of the Century
               Severe storms in the Northeast have left the worst flooding in New England in a century, chasing hundreds from their homes. As Whit Johnson reports, the river crested at almost 21 feet.

 

FEMA assesses flood damage

            PARKSTON — Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will spend this week with local and state officials in the southeast quarter of the state assessing roads and other infrastructure damaged by excess moisture.
Debbie Simon, FEMA external affairs staffer, said 13 teams will cover 30 counties in southeast South Dakota this week, meeting with county emergency managers and other officials to assess infrastructure damage caused by flooding.