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Pensacola Has Finished 15 of 21 Planned Stormwater Projects Since 2015
01/05/2021 Pensacola Has Finished 15 of 21 Planned Stormwater Projects Since 2015 In 2015, Escambia County’s Stormwater Advisory Team (SWAT) drew up a $417 million list of 228 projects to prevent widespread flooding throughout the…
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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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Flood Defense Efforts Stall Even as Storms Literally Cut up Perdido Key
11/12/2020 Flood Defense Efforts Stall Even as Storms Literally Cut up Perdido Key   For several years, locals have agreed on a plan to restore the beaches and dunes of Perdido Key, a gaunt barrier island on the Gulf Coast that’s…
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Escambia Family Hopes They Can Finally Rebuild After Home’s Sixth Flood Insurance Payout
11/07/2020 Escambia Family Hopes They Can Finally Rebuild After Home’s Sixth Flood Insurance Payout   In 2014, historic rainfall flooded the first floor of Doug and Wendy Underhill’s home on a barrier island near Pensacola, Fla. It would be the…
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Utility Authority, Escambia  Leaders Reduce Flood Risk With Sewage Fix
10/27/2020 Utility Authority, Escambia  Leaders Reduce Flood Risk With Sewage Fix In the Florida panhandle, a local utility and a county have joined forces to reduce the risk of flooding and contamination in a small, low-income…
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Years After Jail Explosion, Area Near Pensacola Still Needs Flood Protection
10/14/2020 Years After Jail Explosion, Area Near Pensacola Still Needs Flood Protection Like most tragedies, this one came as a total surprise. It started in the basement laundry of the Escambia County jail, preceded for hours by the…
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Lake Charlene Flooded Again After HOA Blocked Federal Help
10/12/2020 Lake Charlene Flooded Again After HOA Blocked Federal Help Kenneth Owen, 81, a retired Navy pilot, lives in a lakefront home in Pensacola close to places he depends on – the Navy hospital, exchange and…
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Escambia County Nearly Doubles Miami-Dade's Repeat Flood Insurance Payouts
10/02/2020 Escambia County Nearly Doubles Miami-Dade's Repeat Flood Insurance Payouts Escambia County sits at the northwest corner of Florida, near the Alabama state line. It has roughly one-tenth of the population of Miami-Dade…
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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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Hurricane Sally's Historic Rain, Storm Surge Flood Escambia (PHOTOS)
09/25/2020 Hurricane Sally's Historic Rain, Storm Surge Flood Escambia (PHOTOS) 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…
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Hurricane Sally Hits Pensacola Hard, Reveals Weaknesses
09/23/2020 Hurricane Sally Hits Pensacola Hard, Reveals Weaknesses 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…
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Escambia County Soaks Up Stormwater With Pervious Pavement
09/17/2020 Escambia County Soaks Up Stormwater With Pervious Pavement   Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FloodTrends.org. Flood Trends has since merged with Flood Defenders to form Flood Defenders…
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