Residents in western Flagler County should see flood waters recede in earnest within the next 24 hours as Haw Creek near Russell Landing appears to have crested, however the high tide measures at Dunns Creek will measure slightly higher over the next week.
“We’re not completely out of it yet,” Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord said. “Flood levels will continue to rise and fall a bit over the next couple of days.”
Haw Creek appears to have crested at 8.67 feet, which is “major flood stage” (a measure of 4 feet is flood stage). It is still higher than 8 feet – the previous flood record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Rain totals from Hurricane Ian in Flagler County ranged from 6 inches at the Palm Coast Branch Library, which allowed it to open Saturday for residents, and 15 inches at the Bunnell Wastewater Treatment Plant – potentially higher in some areas. That treatment plant has been taxed by heavy rainfall in Flagler County since mid-September, well before the storm.
“More than 2,000 buildings send wastewater to our treatment plant – residents, businesses, government (within the core of Bunnell),” said City Manager Alvin Jackson. “The city has been dealing with approximately 1.5 billion gallons of stormwater and approximately 1.1 million gallons of wastewater per day from customers and stormwater infiltration. The design capacity of the treatment plant is 600,000 gallons per day.”
Flagler County would like to remind residents that individuals and households in the county can apply for FEMA Individual Assistance, which may include temporary housing assistance, basic home repairs and certain other uninsured disaster-related needs.
Survivors can apply for disaster assistance at www.disasterassistance.gov, by calling 800-621-3362 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, or by using the FEMA mobile app. If you use a relay service such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service.
For an accessible video on how to apply for assistance go to, www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Jimbo99 says
Seeing that today is Oct 5th, the full moon isn’t at it’s fullest of the Hunter’s Moon phase for Oct 2022, so the high tides will continue to rise based upon that fact. Since the storm Ian has long moved on, the water level from that has been receding from that point in time. Any standing water or spongy earth I’ve encountered for soil has long since been absorbed, evaporated & dried out, that process started as Ian moved further away and the rain was replaced with sunshine & clearer skies. That ground water, that was absorbed by plants excess went into the aquifer. Threats of rain clouds would raise concerns/cause worry.
https://www.moongiant.com/moonphases/October/2022
Flagler County wants to grow more ? Bunnell is at a daily deficit ? Who in their right mind would approve growth here. Don’t get me triggered on this topic. This county’s water quality has to be worse for this moment by moment.
“The city has been dealing with approximately 1.5 billion gallons of stormwater and approximately 1.1 million gallons of wastewater per day from customers and stormwater infiltration. The design capacity of the treatment plant is 600,000 gallons per day.”
James says
“… Flagler County wants to grow more ? Bunnell is at a daily deficit ? Who in their right mind would approve growth here. …”
Is this the western frontier… ripe for development… that Alfin has stated as where the next planned communities for Palm Coast will be?