(WFLA) — As residents continue cleaning up after Hurricane Helene, state officials are praising the use of a special barrier that protected a fire station and hospital from flood damage.

The sprawling St. Petersburg campus sustained $1.51 million in damage during hurricanes Helene and Milton. About 200 children ...

The hospital, home to the region's only Level 1 trauma center, said in a news release that it has deployed a water-impermeable flood barrier, known as an AquaFence, which is made to withstand a ...

The two floodwall sections that were raised temporarily out of precaution have been lowered, and all entrances are open and accessible, hospital officials said. However, heavy flooding and road ...

From North Shore to North Fork to Long Island Sound and the barrier islands ... for the hospital explained that the work in question was part of a FEMA-funded flood resiliency project.