Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis is speaking about his plan to stop historic flooding like town noticed in April. It is a 10-year plan that can value $500 million to guard property in a few of the low-lying areas.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – After flash flooding devastated Fort Lauderdale within the spring, metropolis officers determined to speed up work on important infrastructure geared toward mitigating the danger of such a catastrophe sooner or later.
The Florida metropolis’s infrastructure at the moment handles 3 inches of rainfall inside 24 hours. On April 12, nonetheless, 26 inches of rain fell in sooner or later and triggered flash flooding throughout town.
“It was like a nightmare,” one Fort Lauderdale resident advised FOX Climate multimedia journalist Brandy Campbell. “I can see the water going up and up above my knees, and I used to be like, ‘Okay, what ought to I do?’”
Flooding lingers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
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DRONE VIDEO CAPTURES DRAMATIC BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF HISTORIC FORT LAUDERDALE FLOODING
Many different residents had their neighborhoods flooded, drivers grew to become stranded, and town’s main airport shut down for almost two days.
With a plan titled “Fortify Lauderdale,” officers hope to deal with the flooding downside on a number of fronts. Some points embody stormwater wants, sewage, freshwater funding and visitors.
“Every part that has to do with the infrastructure of town, as a result of for therefore a few years we now have uncared for our infrastructure,” mentioned Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean J. Trantalis.
Drone video reveals automobiles that have been submerged and destroyed throughout historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Along with making town extra resilient in opposition to flooding, Trantalis mentioned the Fortify Lauderdale plan may even make town extra resilient to the impacts of local weather change. The plan will value as much as $500 million in stormwater infrastructure in over 17 neighborhoods over the following decade.
One other funding of $200 million is at the moment underway. It’s addressing tidal flooding and stormwater runoff in eight neighborhoods throughout Fort Lauderdale.
