Event Brief
USF flood cameras face funding shortfall
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM ET
Summary: University of South Florida researchers built static flood-monitoring cameras that take a photo every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, and have been deployed across Pinellas County. The team says the project’s neighborhood reporting app and machine-learning work are helping validate flood maps and models, but funding is running out.
WHO: USF Professor Barnali Dixon and University of South Florida researchers
WHAT: Flood monitoring cameras and a neighborhood reporting app that feed machine-learning to validate flood maps and models; project funding is running out.
WHEN: Sep 18, 2026 at 10:46 AM ET
WHERE: Pinellas County, Florida
WHY: No specific cause was reported for the funding shortfall.
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