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Army Corps briefs Daytona Beach on flood‑risk study, warns flooding cannot be eliminated
Summary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented modeling for the Nova Canal/Halifax watershed, showing inches of inundation in neighborhoods and warning that projects will mitigate rather than eliminate flooding; an ATR, public workshop in February and public report next October were announced.
Jim Lagrone, project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, told the Daytona Beach City Commission on Dec. 17 that a multi-year hurricane flood‑risk study of the Nova Canal/Halifax watershed is nearing agency technical review and that public workshops and a final report are planned next year.
The Corps’ modeling identifies neighborhood‑level flooding in a 100‑year event and shows localized depths the team described in the presentation. Lagrone said the study modeled historical storms to calibrate their results, citing Hurricane Milton and…
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