What's Tropical Storm Sara's biggest threat to Florida and Polk County? Rain
Tropical Storm Sara now threatens to wreak havoc over Central America with days of heavy rain. Its remnants could then send ...
Tropical Storm Sara forms and could soon head toward Florida. Here's Polk County's forecast
Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and was expected to move into Central America and Mexico before ...
As water recedes, Lake Seward residents still seek relief, solutions to flooding
Residents of Oakmont Lane spoke at a Polk County Commission meeting, asking for long-term plans to address the area's ...
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As water recedes, Lake Seward residents still seek relief, solutions to flooding
In a study from 1996, an engineering firm reported that water in the Lake Seward floodplain rose the previous year to its highest level in 35 to 40 years, flooding some homes. Polk County’s ...
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As water recedes, Lake Seward residents still seek relief, solutions to flooding
The hurricane, which struck Polk County on Oct. 9, dumped as much as 18 inches of rain in some areas, and the bowl beside Oakmont Lane overflowed. Water covered Oakmont Lane to waist level at the ...
Forget downtown or the ’burbs. The far-flung exurbs are where people are moving
The migration — and property sprawl — reflects a significant kind of growth seen all over the country this decade: the rise ...
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Nurse accused of stealing over $140K from blind, elderly Polk County man
Detectives said the nurse was originally hired as a home health nurse to take care of the victim’s wife, though the wife ...
Bills' new stadium costs balloon to $2.1 billion, $560 million over initial estimate, team tells AP
The projected cost of the Buffalo Bills' new stadium has ballooned to what team officials told The Associated Press is “north ...
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NCDOT’s flood warning system predicted highway flooding during Helene
Their flood-warning system was predicting that a mile of Interstate ... During another event last summer in the mountains, an alert directed NCDOT’s bridge maintenance team in Polk County to inspect a ...