A new $85,000 watershed study, conducted in partnership with Polk County, will examine the city’s pumping system and broader ...

Polk County has opened a temporary shelter for residents displaced by flooding after overnight storms. County Judge Sydney Murphey has issued a local declaration of disaster, and a temporary ...

Lake Bonny saw historic flooding from Hurricane Milton, and the city hopes to find "projects and things to address" to ...

Milton had already brought tons of rain to Polk County on Wednesday. Much of the county was under tornado warnings and flash flood warnings by early Wednesday afternoon, and the rain continued ...

Homes, cars and streets were flooded with rainwater for days — and even weeks — after Hurricane Milton, which overwhelmed ...

“Our flood insurance company is trying to deny fixing the foundation and we obviously can’t rebuild the inside of the house without the foundation being fixed,” Wells said. So, the Wells are ...

COLUMBUS—On Monday, January 13, the Polk County Board of Commissioners met at the Bryant H. Womack Justice & Administration ...