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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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).
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Flood Victims Ask Escambia County Officials for Help
01/20/2021 Flood Victims Ask Escambia County Officials for Help 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…
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Cantonment Resident Recovering From Second 100-Year Flood
01/05/2021 Cantonment Resident Recovering From Second 100-Year Flood Spencer Blomquist lives in Cantonment, a suburb north of Pensacola.
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How Much Do Storms Like Hurricane Sally Impact Property Values?
12/01/2020 How Much Do Storms Like Hurricane Sally Impact Property Values? As Hurricane Sally approached Escambia County, 139,055 households needed to prepare for the worst. But even before storm surge and flooding drowned…
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Florida Counties Try to Lessen Flood Intensity With Street Alterations
09/29/2020 Florida Counties Try to Lessen Flood Intensity With Street Alterations Escambia County knows exactly how flooding can devastate a community. Still reeling from Hurricane Sally, the county faces many problems as they…
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