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Is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Ready for Flooding?

09/21/2020 Is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Ready for Flooding? In 2019, on one of the busiest travel days of the year, flooding shut down the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and forced the…

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…

Naples Fights Flooding With Oyster Reefs

09/08/2020 Naples Fights Flooding With Oyster Reefs How can oysters help keep Naples Bay safe from flooding?

How Your Home's Flood Risk Hurts Your Wallet

08/28/2020 How Your Home's Flood Risk Hurts Your Wallet Realtor.com recently announced they will now use data collected from First Street Foundation's Flood Factor to provide flood risk scores for every…

Federal Data Undersells Florida's Flood Risk

07/07/2020 Federal Data Undersells Florida's Flood Risk How at-risk for flooding is your Florida city? Read more to find out.

Florida City Tops List of Riskiest Flood Places

07/06/2020 Florida City Tops List of Riskiest Flood Places A new interactive national flood map, developed and released by the non-profit First Street Foundation, identified cities across America that have a…