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Escambia County knows exactly how flooding can devastate a community. Still reeling from Hurricane Sally, the county faces many problems as they begin to recover, despite some of their past efforts to lessen the impact of flooding. Flood mitigation requires a lot of solutions. Eliminating curbs and building swales are just a few popular infrastructure […]

Escambia County’s hurricane and flood risk became clear after Hurricane Sally dumped more than 2 feet of rain and caused nearly $30 million in damages, according to early estimates from both Pensacola and Escambia County officials. Storm surge reached 5.6 feet in Pensacola, according to the National Weather Service. Sally’s surge ranks third-most all time for the city,

As Hurricane Sally churned off the Gulf Coast about midday on Sept. 15, Pensacola Mayor Grover C. Robinson IV and Police Chief Tommi Lyter were cruising along Bayfront Parkway watching the sea’s ominous rise, bracing for what loomed. “We’re just hunkered down and waiting for the storm,” Robinson, a Republican, told Flood Trends by phone. Based on

In 2019, on one of the busiest travel days of the year, flooding shut down the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and forced the cancellation of over 100 flights. As Florida, and Fort Lauderdale especially, sees its flood risk going nowhere but up, could this happen more often? All signs point to “yes” for an airport

Stunned by unexpected, historic flooding that swamped Jacksonville three years ago, the northeast Florida city is taking steps to address its flood risk through both a new Special Committee on Resilience and the planned hiring of the city’s first-ever chief resilience officer. The committee, set up by the Republican-controlled city council, hopes to come up

The City of North Port has taken an innovative approach to clearing their canals with this amphibious vehicle. The Weedoo can reach areas not accessible by land to keep North Port’s canals healthy. North Port has the tenth most properties at risk of flooding in Florida this year, according to Flood Factor.

Realtor.com recently announced they will now use data collected from First Street Foundation’s Flood Factor to provide flood risk scores for every home — both for-sale and off-market — in the continental U.S. But how does flood risk affect the value of your current or future home? If you’re a typical American homeowner, most of your wealth is