The National Weather Service has designated this week, March 18–22, as Flood Safety Awareness Week. New York recently experienced three major storms that resulted in significant flooding across the state. Flooding is not specific to storm activity. Floods can occur …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has made $2.7 billion in flood insurance payments to New Jersey claimants since Superstorm Sandy hit the state last October. The agency also announced Tuesday that it has approved $367.3 million overall in …
Up and down the Atlantic coast, people are telling horror stories about how long it has taken to get an insurance check for flood damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. Nearly 40 percent are still waiting for the final settlements they …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is defending its handling of Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims following sharp criticism by New Jersey’s governor. FEMA says more than half of the more than 140,000 flood insurance claims filed in all the states …
A recently filed class action lawsuit in New Jersey is alleging “improper handling” of certain flood insurance claims arising out of Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The lawsuit focuses on the classification of the lowest floor …
Hoboken, N.J., Mayor Dawn Zimmer told a U.S. Senate committee Hurricane Sandy caused $100 million in damages to the square-mile city across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Zimmer testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Thursday, where …
Thousands of flood insurance claims are being filed in the wake of Hurricane Isaac, a slow-moving storm that hammered several parishes in southern Louisiana with prolonged, drenching rains and tropical-storm force winds, leaving water damage in parishes that don’t typically …
More than three months after storms Irene and Lee deluged thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast, the pace of recovery remains frustratingly slow for victims of the back-to-back disasters. Many of them will be out of their homes …