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Escambia Officials Take Over Ponds to Reduce the Impact of Flooding

08/26/2021 Escambia Officials Take Over Ponds to Reduce the Impact of Flooding One of the surest ways to reduce urban flooding is to build extra capacity upstream to store the deluge of rainwater that falls during an intense…

Inch of Rain Causes Flooding at Site of Flood Defenders’ Campaign

08/11/2021 Inch of Rain Causes Flooding at Site of Flood Defenders’ Campaign A single inch of rain flooded the Perdido Estates neighborhood in Escambia County, Florida — an area at the heart of an ongoing Flood Defenders…

Santa Rosa County Denies Flood Protection Measures in New Code

08/10/2021 Santa Rosa County Denies Flood Protection Measures in New Code Despite impassioned pleas from Santa Rosa residents and Flood Defenders’ Technical Advisor Chris Curb, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) did…

Flood Defenders in Escambia County’s District 3 Demand Better Protection

08/02/2021 Flood Defenders in Escambia County’s District 3 Demand Better Protection Lead Flood Defender Michelle Tyler and her neighbors gathered at Oakfield Acres Park to voice their concerns about flooding.

Escambia Neighborhood Outside of FEMA Flood Zone Keeps Flooding

07/22/2021 Escambia Neighborhood Outside of FEMA Flood Zone Keeps Flooding Homes around Windsong Avenue and Surrey Drive in Escambia County do not sit in a flood zone, according to maps from the Federal Emergency Management…

Florida Panhandle Cities Break Records for High-Tide Flood Days

07/21/2021 Florida Panhandle Cities Break Records for High-Tide Flood Days Three cities in the Florida Panhandle saw more high-tide flood days in 2020 than any year on record, according to a new report from the National…

Escambia Neighborhood Shows How FEMA's Maps Are Wrong

07/02/2021 Escambia Neighborhood Shows How FEMA's Maps Are Wrong A neighborhood in Escambia County’s District 5 shows the problem with flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry Offers Pond Fix to Flood Defenders

07/02/2021 Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry Offers Pond Fix to Flood Defenders After Escambia County Flood Defenders Darlyn Butler and her brother Skip Butler got on the microphone at a town hall, their commissioner said he can…

What Happened to Escambia's $417 Million Flood Agenda?

06/28/2021 What Happened to Escambia's $417 Million Flood Agenda? Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FloodTrends.org. Flood Trends has since merged with Flood Defenders to form Flood Defenders News.

What Has Escambia County Done About Flooding Lately?

06/07/2021 What Has Escambia County Done About Flooding Lately? As hurricane season begins in Escambia County, one completed flood project shows improvement, while the slow progress of another highlights…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Historic $640 Million Flood Legislation

05/13/2021 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Historic $640 Million Flood Legislation Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the Always Ready legislation aimed at addressing Florida’s vulnerability to flooding.

Homes in Floodplains Overvalued by Nearly $44 Billion, Study Says

05/07/2021 Homes in Floodplains Overvalued by Nearly $44 Billion, Study Says Almost 4 million single-family homes in floodplains are overvalued at an average of $11,526, according to new research from Stanford University…

Chris Curb: Flooding doesn't have to be like this

04/26/2021 Chris Curb: Flooding doesn't have to be like this 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…

Escambia County’s Proposed Flood Maps Are Still Wrong

04/22/2021 Escambia County’s Proposed Flood Maps Are Still Wrong 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…

Flood Risk Likely to Cause FEMA Insurance Hike, Decrease Home Value in Florida

04/09/2021 Flood Risk Likely to Cause FEMA Insurance Hike, Decrease Home Value in Florida 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…