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SGI Canada assigning more adjusters to deal with Saskatchewan flooding claims following heavy rainfall
July 12, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterSGI Canada will be assigning additional adjusters to Estevan, Saskatchewan – among the areas in the province hit by heavy rainfall that prompted localized flash flooding – to handle what is anticipated to be higher-than-normal claim volumes, the insurer reported…
Flash flooding triggers emergency declaration in Saskatchewan city
July 11, 2016 The Canadian PressESTEVAN, Sask. – A state of emergency has been declared in Estevan, Sask., after the southeastern city was hit by at least 130 millimetres of rain in just over two hours. The emergency was declared around 4:00 p.m. Sunday, soon…
Floods in Texas, Kansas leave at least 6 dead, 2 missing
May 30, 2016 Michael Graczyk - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSHOUSTON – Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six. It was unclear Sunday whether a body found in Travis County near Austin is one…
Record rainfall in Texas prompts extensive flash flooding
April 19, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterRecord rainfall prompted extensive flash flooding across parts of Texas on Monday, closing schools and city offices and overtopping levees, Impact Forecasting said in an Aon Cat Alert. Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, said in the alert…