BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — As residents continue cleaning up after Hurricane Helene, state officials are praising the use of a special barrier that protected a fire station and hospital from flood damage.
Gov. Ron DeSantis was speaking at Manatee Memorial Hospital Monday. He said there are ways to mitigate flooding from major storms.
“If you had the Tiger Dams in some of these areas that are low lying, like we were in Pasco right on the water, the water went up three, four feet. You have the Tiger Dam and you don’t get any intrusion into your home or very minima. That is a huge huge difference,” DeSantis said…