Florida emergency management director assembling post-hurricane task force

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The director of the Florida Division of Emergency Administration stated his first glimpse of the harm alongside the Volusia County shoreline was far worse than the TV information video and images introduced.

Director Kevin Guthrie instructed Information 6 the video he had reviewed reveals the horizon however misses the true depth of the ravaged shoreline left behind by Hurricane Nicole.

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“In some locations we misplaced 10, 15, 20 toes of seashore that used to slope naturally,” Guthrie stated. ” Now we have loads of areas that don’t have any dune system, we’ve got sea partitions which have utterly breached.”

Guthrie, assembly with officers in Fort Myers Seashore on Monday, instructed Information 6 the particles clean-up from Hurricane Ian goes properly in that city however there may be extra to be completed.

As for the restoration of the shoreline, Guthrie stated that beneath the governor’s management, he desires to assemble a activity power bringing in members from FEMA, the U.S Military Corp of Engineers, the Division of Environmental Safety, and maybe the Division of the Inside together with state and native departments.

“I need to attempt to get the appropriate individuals within the room, have the appropriate dialog, minimize by the bureaucratic crimson tape and attempt to get the seashores within the path of restoration,” he stated.

Guthrie instructed Information 6 he can be assembly with the Workplace of Insurance coverage Regulation, Chief Monetary Officer Jimmy Patronis, together with state officers, to get a way of the harm from hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Some unofficial estimates level to $40 billion to $50 billion.

Guthrie stated he expects to have “good strong numbers” on the precise price of injury within the subsequent 30 to 45 days.

The director additionally emphasised that owners impacted by the storm must rebuild their properties again “with the suitable constructing supplies and sand” so the state can “reengineer the seashores again towards the ocean.”

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