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Senator Rick Scott Hosts Hurricane Preparedness Event at Ponte Vedra Beach

Published | Video Starts at 08:25

You have to have the information because if you don't know what areas are being evacuated because of rising water. And I will tell you this, most people don't realize this about hurricanes. The greatest danger and the greatest killer during a hurricane is fresh water flooding. freshwater flooding. It's not, you know, the people at the beach and the ocean coming in and the surge and all that. It's fresh water flooding. (08:25–08:34)

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Asserts that freshwater flooding is the most dangerous aspect of hurricanes.

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