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Central Florida Public Media's ongoing in-depth series looking at issues vital to communities across our region. Subscribe to get each new episode. Season 1: Immigration Divide, Season 2: Rising Water

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Decades-old maps don’t fully capture Central Florida’s flooding risk

    As rapid development strains infrastructure, some Central Florida communities rely on flood maps with outdated data. But even the most current maps can’t predict where flooding will happen next.

    7 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Millions of dollars spent on flood protection, but is it out of date?

    How many times can communities flood from severe weather before a lasting solution arrives? Local leaders are spending millions of dollars on flood mitigation based on historical storm data, but that data may not provide the needed protection moving forward.

    4 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Seen & Heard: The Economics of Rising Water

    Climate change is impacting Central Florida municipalities’ budgets and is expected to cause major financial losses as cities rely on property taxes from coastal structures that may be underwater in the future.

    23 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Saving the Space Coast’s future and past from rising water

    On the space coast, engineers and anthropologists are trying to combat rising sea levels that threaten to wash away launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center and thousands-years-old village sites in the Indian River Lagoon.

    28 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    As new Central Florida homes are built, older ones flood

    Amid booming growth, residents and environmentalists blame recent floods on development, but local governments and developers say they're following the rules.

    7 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    One seaside community is fighting against its biggest threat: Water

    As flooding and erosion threaten the Florida coastline, the city of Satellite Beach is trying to step in to protect the area from going under water.

    4 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    In multilingual Central Florida, hurricane and flood warnings can go unheard

    This year, with an above-average hurricane season predicted, warnings and other information about those dangers could be a matter of life or death.

    4 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    Seminole County one of Florida's first to bring kids trauma-informed camp after hurricanes

    Project:Camp runs special camps throughout the country aimed at helping kids process their trauma after a storm.

  9. EPISODE 10

    After the storm: Kicking off Part 2 of our Seen & Heard series about Rising Water

    Listen to the first episode of our new special podcast, Part 2 of Central Florida Seen & Heard: Rising Water.

    7 min

  10. EPISODE 11

    Build, drain, flood

    Water follows gravity, taking the path of least resistance. But that path can change, based on how we develop land and alter elevations in Central Florida.

    12 min

  11. EPISODE 12

    Rising Water: All one water

    Water issues are inherently connected, and flooding can impact water quality.

    10 min

  12. MAY 20

    Editor's note: Impacts of rising water on Central Florida

    Central Florida Public Media is exploring the impacts of climate change and rising water on our region.

    1 min
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Central Florida Public Media's ongoing in-depth series looking at issues vital to communities across our region. Subscribe to get each new episode. Season 1: Immigration Divide, Season 2: Rising Water

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