It's become common to see new homes in South Florida constructed on land raised by trucked-in gravel. But neighbors wonder especially after the latest “rain bomb” to hit Fort Lauderdale if the standards to raise new construction make flooding worse for surrounding older homes.
Complaints of new development worsening flooding in surrounding areas are common across South Florida, and floodplain experts say it underlines a problem with perhaps the leading strategy for coping with flooding driven by climate change.
As coastal engineers and state and local flood management officials converged on downtown Miami for this year’s Florida Floodplain Managers Association conference at the Marriott Biscayne Bay hotel, the skies opened and unleashed a torrent of rain.
As coastal engineers and state and local flood management officials converged on downtown Miami for this year’s Florida Floodplain Managers Association conference at the Marriott Biscayne Bay hotel, the skies opened and unleashed a torrent of rain.
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