TAMPA — Hillsborough County officials want to hear from residents this week about severe weather and emergency response.

A public meeting will be held Tuesday, and residents can also fill out a survey.

Officials are looking to pinpoint specific areas that flood more than others.

The Community Vulnerability Assessment form lists questions dealing with natural disasters, alert notifications and mitigation plans.

The goal is to get information from people about what they experience and create a plan based on the feedback.

The county's mitigation manager says if they don't get public input, their plans won't be as useful to the area.

“What we're trying to do and accomplish is to not only just check off a box that is required by the state or federal level," said Troy Salisbury. "We want to actually make a create a plan that is helpful to us to help, again, prioritize those projects, and focus on those areas that really are in need.”

Maritza Pereira’s house sits infront of Rocky River. She says living this close to the water made it her dream home. But she says not so much anymore because of the flooding.

She built her home of 30 years by Rocky Creek, but didn't expect it would flood her land when there's a storm, leaving her backyard smaller each time because of erosion. Luckily, her house is above land.

“The land used to go all the way out here. It is all gone. Right over here. It's gone,” she siad.

It's this information the county wants to hear about.

For Pereira, the last major storm was Idalia. “I have pictures of how high the water was,” she said.

And over the years, trying to protect her home has cost her.

“I have seen my insurance more than triple throughout my 30 years I have lived here,” she said.

The meeting Tuesday starts at 6 p.m. at the Riverview library on Balm Riverview Road.

Residents unable to attend can fill out the survey online.