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The 2010 edition of the Florida Building Code introduced significant changes to wind load design, in particular the presentation of the wind speed maps. [ 4 ] The Miami-Dade and Broward County norms, are both included in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zones (HVHZ) and contain more stringent requirements. [ 4 ]
The state increased performance criteria for wind-load provisions and adopted new wind provisions from the American Society of Civil Engineers. One important addition to the new code was the requirement of missile-impact resisting glass , which can withstand high-velocity impact from wind-borne debris during a hurricane.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Coastal sediment transport (a subset of sediment transport) is the interaction of coastal land forms to various complex interactions of physical processes. [1] [2] The primary agent in coastal sediment transport is wave activity (see Wind wave), followed by tides and storm surge (see Tide and Storm surge), and near shore currents (see Sea#Currents) . [1]
Aerial view of floods affecting West 29th Street and 14th Avenue in Hialeah as torrential downpours inundate South Florida due to a disturbance off Florida’s coast on Thursday, November 16, 2023.
This radar image of Major Hurricane Milton was captured just before landfall on Wednesday evening, Oct. 9, 2024. Since the eye is coming south of Tampa Bay, communities will be spared the worst ...
August 1–3 – Tropical Storm Isaias paralleled the east coast of Florida, dropping substantial amounts of rainfall and causing power outages to about 3,000 people in South Florida. Although the NHC issued hurricane warnings, the core of the storm remained offshore, and the peak wind gusts were 58 mph (93 km/h) in Dania Beach .
South Florida’s drainage canals are overwhelmed by king tides, and sea rise could only worsen the issue. Some South Florida canals failed during no-name storm. Sea rise will make that worse