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Sen. Don Gaetz asked FDEP to investigate after heavy rain caused a berm to fail June 8. Washouts put one person out of their ...
Opinion: Cleaning up, replacing protective beach sand berm becomes costly ritual. Story by Lee Melsek • 2mo. In the aftermath of Milton's rampage across Fort Myers Beach, ...
The project reused sand pushed by storms instead of importing it, saving costs and working with nature. The plan includes creating a protective barrier using Sand Dollar Island, the lagoon, and ...
The beachside town of Kailua could be designated a burial ground, affording more protection to a roughly estimated 3,000 ...
But each time the berm is knocked down by storms like Debby, Helene and Milton, the prices of repairs increase. “The cost of repairs after a sequence of storms like that is only 5% to 10% of ...
Time, effort and millions of dollars are slowly being eroded on Fort Myers Beach. Beach berms are a new thing for Fort Myers Beach. Their purpose is to protect properties and businesses from storm ...
Fourth in a series of stories about the July 8 sales tax election Muskogee’s proposed sales tax could help repay Port Muskogee for flood mitigation and help the Port expand rail service, Port Muskogee ...
Residents woke up to warning sirens in the early morning hours of June 22, 2024, after flood waters flowed over a protective berm. We will move as fast as the system allows us so we can get help ...
Ocean City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $58,550 contract to design a berm along a stretch of former railroad track leading into the marsh at 52nd Street.
Opinion: Cleaning up, replacing protective beach sand berm becomes costly ritual Denial prevails about plans to meet global warming's increasing number of monster storms ...
Renourishment plan includes future storms. The plan, Dabees said, includes the initial recovery project, re-establishing the flow channels that connect the north and south part of the lagoon that had ...
In the aftermath of Milton's rampage across Fort Myers Beach, the press has missed an important piece of the story. Huge amounts of costly new sand were laying across Estero Boulevard, sand from ...