U.S. Customs and Border Protection Region IV Emergency Operations Center personnel supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency partners monitor final preparations for Hurricane Dorian. | CBP Photography
Local governments along Florida’s east coast will receive a share of more than $1 million to fund infrastructure repair costs.
Tropical storm force winds generated by Hurricane Dorian ravaged Florida’s east coast for three days as it trekked north, starting on Sept. 3. After its path of destruction over the Bahamas, the hurricane dropped from a Category 5 to a Category 3 storm.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide 14 counties with $1.3 million in grants from the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The counties will use these funds to cover damage repair and debris removal.
The 14 east coast counties are: Brevard, Broward, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Martin, Nassau, Osceola, Palm Beach, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie and Volusia.
The National Hurricane Center hasn’t released a complete damage estimate, the Orlando Sentinel said. But the United Nations estimated Dorian caused $3.4 billion in infrastructure damages to the Bahamas.
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