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    Clearwater has a $100 million plan to prevent this neighborhood from flooding

    By Jack Prator,

    27 days ago
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    Flooding is shown on South Gulfview Boulevard and Hamden Drive on Clearwater Beach on Aug. 30 during Hurricane Idalia. City staff are working on projects to address flooding in the North Beach neighborhood. [ City of Clearwater ]

    As Hurricane Idalia swept past Tampa Bay last summer, storm surge topped seawalls and inundated David Hook’s Clearwater Beach neighborhood.

    Though his home was spared, houses up and down Hook’s street weren’t so lucky. Neighbors soon mounted full remodels, only to be flooded out again months later when another storm washed away progress in December.

    After these back-to-back floods, city staff started to research why the area didn’t flush out as quickly it should have, said Marcus Williamson, Clearwater’s public works director.

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