TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — This sight is wild — an entire home, separated from its foundation, inching upward slowly. The hydraulic lifts move it up about two inches over the course of an hour. The walls are still there. The windows are still there. The roof is still there. But underneath the home, where the foundation used to meet the ground, there is now open space, steel, wood cribbing, jacks, beams and workers moving carefully beneath the structure.
It is a strange sight, but one that may become more common in flood-prone coastal communities across Tampa Bay.
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After repeated flooding from recent hurricanes and coastal storms, some homeowners are choosing to lift their entire homes above future floodwater instead of tearing them down or walking away.
For Amy and Tom, who own a home on Sunset Beach, the decision came after years of exhausting flood recovery…