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Hurricane Debby Resources

Disaster Supply Kit Checklist

  • Build an emergency kit, strengthen your home, and make a family evacuation plan.
  • Listen to your all-weather radio or TV for information.
  • During the hurricane, take refuge in a small interior room, closet or hallway on the lowest level.
  • Stay alert for extended rainfall and subsequent flooding even after the hurricane or tropical storm has ended.
  • Follow your local officials’ evacuation order! If you evacuated, return home only when officials say it is safe.
  • ​After the hurricane has passed, drive only if necessary and avoid flooded roads and washed out bridges.

Florida Ports

  • The Jacksonville District has prepositioned its survey vessels and crews near deep draft ports in Florida to provide immediate harbor surveys, if required, once the storm has passed. 
  • We work closely with our partners in the U.S. Coast Guard and various port authorities to ensure a quick return to normal port traffic.

JACKSONVILLE Port Authority (JAXPORT)
TAMPA Port Authority (Port Tampa) 
MIAMI (Port Miami) 
 

Contractors Seeking Work

  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, is working with the full range of federal, state and local partners in response to Tropical Storm Debby and the restoration work that will be required in its aftermath.
  • Businesses and individual contractors interested in doing business with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should take the first step of registering with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf
  • The SAM.gov solicitation and contract award system is used by the Corps and many, many other federal agencies for publishing solicitations and awarding contracts.  The Corps draws on the pool of SAM.gov registered businesses to award the contracts necessary to accomplish its missions, including post-storm restoration work.
  • Small businesses may be particularly interested in contracting opportunities available through  the Jacksonville District Small Business Program. Information and points of contact may be found at https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/SmallBusiness/.
    Subcontracting opportunities usually result through partnerships with larger companies. Firms interested in pursuing such possibilities can find information from the U.S. Small Business Association at https://www.sba.gov.

Costal Shore Protection Projects (Beach Renourishment)

  • Coastal engineers will inspect USACE Coastal Storm Risk Management projects as soon as it is safe to do so. Inspection teams will survey the project and assess if any changes to the project plans are necessary after the storm.
  • The beach projects are specifically designed to help protect infrastructure from storms like Hurricane Debby . We expect to see erosion on many federal project sites and believe that without those projects we would have seen much more damage to buildings, roads, and other facilities from this storm.
  • The corps can also inspect non-federal beaches for damage if given a mission assignment to do so by FEMA through the state EOC.
NWC Grapics

Hurricane Debby Response

Hurricane Debby is bringing life-threatening storm surge along the Florida coast, catastrophic wind damage and significant flooding that will affect multiple states. Stay alert to threats in your area, prepare for power outages and take shelter immediately if in the storm's path. 

The Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District is coordinating closely with Federal agencies and state, local, and tribal government officials in Florida on preparedness and response activities to minimize the impacts of Hurricane Debby on the state, our facilities, and our projects. If needed, the Jacksonville District will deploying staff to the state of Florida Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the South Florida Water Management District EOC, and is pre-positioning staff in several key locations, ready to begin recovery operations as soon as it is safe and we receive mission assignments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

This page has both overall and state-specific information and resources related to storm safety, shelter information, news and multimedia products, and rumors and scams.

 

USACE South Florida Operations

Herbert Hoover Dike and Lake Okeechobee:

  • Operations staff inspected the Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD)  prior to landfall of Tropical Storm Debby and found no areas of concern..
    • HHD is safer today than it has ever been going into a storm.
    • Construction on the dike is 97% complete, all culvert replacements and removals are done, and the cutoff wall construction is 99% complete.
    • USACE will return for post-storm inspections when weather conditions are safe to do so.
  • USACE made no pre-storm releases from Lake Okeechobee.
    • Following standard operating procedures, operations teams closed all USACE structures on the lake before landfall.
    • Those structures will remain closed throughout the storm to maintain the integrity of HHD and be inspected before they are returned to normal operations.
  • USACE does not have a current estimate of how much lake rise can be anticipated by this storm. 

Corps Mission

Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, part of the federal government’s unified national response to disasters and emergencies, sends hundreds of people to respond to disasters around the world. Here at home, USACE assists the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency as the primary agency for public works and engineering-related emergency support. FEMA assigns USACE missions to include: debris management, commodities distribution, temporary housing, temporary roofing, emergency power, infrastructure assessment, and support to urban search and rescue.

  • USACE uses pre-awarded contracts that can be quickly activated for missions such as debris removal, temporary roofing, commodities distribution, and generator installation.

  • When disasters occur, USACE teams and other resources are mobilized from across the country to assist our local districts and offices to deliver our response missions.

Disasters and Emergencies

Resources for Affected Areas

Recreation Facilities

  • Jacksonville District park rangers will monitor conditions at Corps’ campgrounds and recreation areas.
  • All campgrounds and recreation facilities managed by the Corps of Engineers in Florida are open.
  • If a county government issues an evacuation order for mobile homes or RV parks in an area where there is a Corps’ campground or recreational facility, rangers will order an evacuation of the facility and advise on shelter locations. 
  • Visitors should move all campers, motor homes, tents, vessels, and trailers from facilities under evacuation orders.
  • Campers will receive refunds for any cancelled camping reservations through the reservation system contractor. For more information on refunds, guests can go to www.recreation.gov or call 877-444-6777.
  • Campers should monitor https://www.recreation.gov for reopening information.