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Aventura hears Resilient Florida vulnerability assessment showing tidal, rainfall and compound flood risks
Summary
City commissioners received a progress report on a Resilient Florida grant-funded comprehensive vulnerability assessment that maps tidal, storm-surge, rainfall and compound flooding and inventories critical infrastructure ahead of public outreach and follow-up planning.
At its Oct. 8 meeting, the Aventura City Commission heard a progress report on a Resilient Florida grant-funded Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment that maps the city’s exposure to tidal flooding, storm surge and extreme rainfall and inventories critical assets for future resilience planning.
Former Vice Mayor Luce Weinberg and consultant Giorgio Takia presented the work funded by the Resilient Florida program (established by state legislation identified in the presentation as bill 1954). The project team said the assessment combines topography, bathymetry, land use, rainfall records and sea-level projections to produce more than 20 flood maps and a vulnerability analysis tied to roughly 190 infrastructure components.
The report’s nut: the assessment found tidal flooding mostly affects waterfront parcels but…
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