Flooding

While the state is offering to pay for about 75% of the elevation cost through federal grants, one resident questions how stable the funding from Washington really is.

Lake Bonny residents have launched a petition online demanding oversight of city flood mitigation.

For months now, one couple has been staying in an RV parked in their front yard.

Said one resident: "I've got a home here that's now not even sitting on its foundation correctly because of the water, and I don't know what to do."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood Insurance Program claims. The agency said the two hurricanes as of Feb. 6 had led to more than 78,000 claims, with estimated losses possibly topping $10 billion.

They include upgrading several water pump stations throughout the city, and putting generators at all the stations while switching to generator power for all the stations right before storms hit.