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Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the Always Ready legislation aimed at addressing Florida’s vulnerability to flooding.  What does it do?  What they’re saying: “We’re really putting our money where our mouth is when it comes to protecting the State of Florida, and particularly our coastal communities, from the risk of flooding,” Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press […]

Almost 4 million single-family homes in floodplains are overvalued at an average of $11,526, according to new research from Stanford University published in Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. What’s next: More homeowners will find themselves in a floodplain if FEMA implements a new pricing model for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) called Risk Rating 2.0.

Escambia County has had four so-called “100-year” flood events in the last ten years. It doesn’t take an engineer, elected official, or a concerned citizen to tell you that these storms are happening frequently now. This, coupled with the fact that the Escambia region is one of the rainiest in the country, should mean that

Escambia County has released the preliminary results of a multi-year project to update the county’s flood maps, but they still don’t accurately reflect the county’s risk. What they’re saying: In comparison to 2008’s 11-Mile Creek Basin Study, some of the preliminary maps still do not have accurate flood plains, says the county’s former stormwater engineering manager and Flood Defenders

FEMA is implementing a new pricing model for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) called Risk Rating 2.0. Risk Rating 2.0 will set new premiums for properties both inside and outside of Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) based on their individual flood risk.  Why it matters: When Risk Rating 2.0 comes out, the First Street Foundation, a

Historic flooding in Nashville, Tennessee last week caused at least seven deaths and left homes, businesses and infrastructure damaged. The storm also caused flooding in Kentucky and Virginia. Go Deeper: Nashville’s last record-breaking flood was in May 2010 from a rainstorm that broke nearly every conceivable record. Comparatively, this week, Nashville had its fourth-wettest day in

1 big thing: The short shelf life of political will One of many Escambia County homes devastated by repeat flooding while drainage solutions go unfunded. (Credit: Spencer Blomquist) Two “100-year” floods have hit Escambia County with massive flood damage in the last seven years, but most local officials haven’t found the motivation — or money —

Escambia County residents, many of whom have experienced more than one 100-year flood, gathered at a town hall on Jan. 11 hosted by Commissioner Steven Barry to voice their concerns and hear plans about flooding. The meeting covered the county’s plan to get federal money to buy out some of the flooded homeowners. One resident expressed concern for her daughter’s

Bristol Creek resident Spencer Blomquist, whose home has flooded twice, used a recent public meeting hosted by his county commissioner to ask about a Flood Trends report that Escambia County knew the area where he lives was flood-prone before his house was built. READ MORE: What Happened to Escambia’s $417 Million Flood Agenda? Commissioner Steven Barry called it “a

On Jan. 11, a group of homeowners in the Florida panhandle town of Cantonment, near Pensacola, braved the COVID pandemic to gather in an Escambia County meeting room to discuss a threat that has plagued their lives far longer than the virus – flooding. Flooding has been a recurring nightmare for residents of the Bristol