The Brief
- St. Petersburg is working through a backlog of requests to help homeowners rebuild two years after Hurricanes Helene and Milton damaged 11,000 homes.
- Residents in the Bayview neighborhood are sharing their struggles as a $160 million pool of federal funding powers the Sunrise St. Pete program.
- City leaders are proposing $600 million in infrastructure improvements and preparing main pumping facilities to handle up to 15 feet of storm surge.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – It has now been two years since the Tampa Bay region took a twin killing of hits from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
St. Petersburg hurricane recovery
The backstory:
The Bayview neighborhood in St. Petersburg, which is just off the Boca Ciega Bay near Gulfport, showcases resilience, but also the difficulties of making a full recovery.
After Hurricane Helene hit, water crested at four to five feet above street level.
Most of the residents are back in their homes, but a few are not.
Homeowners share storm survival
What they’re saying:…