City unveils public interactive flood-risk map after vulnerability assessment; adaptation plan next
Pompano Beach sustainability staff and consultants presented a city vulnerability assessment showing sea-level rise, storm surge, and rainfall scenarios that expose critical assets and parcels; staff said the next step is an adaptation action plan funded by the Resilient Florida program.
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City staff presented the final vulnerability assessment May 13 that models combined rainfall, sea-level rise and storm-surge scenarios and publishes the outputs on a public interactive map. Christina Viala, the city's sustainability coordinator, told commissioners the work satisfies a Resilient Florida program requirement and identified nearly 40% of the city's parcels as exposed in some scenarios.
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