Flood-prone areas of Fort Lauderdale seeing better results thanks to new initiative

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – It was outpouring of 2023 erstwhile Fort Lauderdale’s Edgewood vicinity was 1 of the areas slammed by dense rains, causing destructive flooding to the area.

Since then, the metropolis launched the Fortify Lauderdale Initiative to code flooding successful susceptible neighborhoods similar Edgewood.

“This year, we started aboriginal on,” said Fort Lauderdale Interim Public Works Director Talal Abi-Karam. “We started looking astatine each of our preparation, including aboriginal organisation of sandbags astatine immoderate of our parks.”

Abi-Karam said crews person been inspecting and assessing assorted sites for conditioning and cleaning of the stormwater system.

“We besides person entree to ample pumps that volition beryllium strategically positioned successful an country that is flooded oregon prone to flooding,” helium said.

Fort Lauderdale residents are capable to store their cars for escaped during a flood ticker oregon informing astatine the Las Olas oregon Riverwalk Center parking garages for up to 24 hours aft an advisory ends.

Edgewood nonmigratory Elsa Alcantara mislaid her rental to the 2023 flooding.

On Monday, she pointed retired that dissimilar backmost then, the tempest drains determination are clean, not clogged, and she’s noticed the effectiveness of the caller pumps.

But different nonmigratory named Angelina told Local 10 News she’s skeptical astir whether the measures are capable arsenic she described however precocious she remembers the 2023 h2o level hitting -- each the mode up to her windows.

The metropolis ensures residents it has and continues to marque strides successful its caller blueprint for resilience

“There’s a batch of lessons learned from these events, specifically to immoderate captious neighborhoods,” said Abi-Karam.

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