Skyrocketing insurance rates test resolve of Florida homeowners in risky areas
Research shows the soaring costs hint at widespread, unpriced risk as the global climate warms, with states like Florida hit ...
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As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing
Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick ...
Climate risks place 39 million U.S. homes at risk of losing their insurance
The First Street Foundation hopes that highlighting the climate insurance bubble allows people to make better informed decisions.
Study warns that ‘climate insurance bubble’ could hurt Floridaā€™s housing market; DeSantis releases energy plan
The report suggests some 39 million homes across the U.S. could lose value as insurers begin to calculate climate risks ...
When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of FEMA buyouts and found distance and race play aĀ role
We built a nationwide database of nearly 10,000 U.S. homeowners who voluntarily sold their homes and moved through FEMAā€™s Hazard ...
Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems ā€“ but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not futureĀ risks
New infrastructure is often designed using historical data, but climate change is moving those baselines.
Hurricane study shows ‘nobody in Florida is protected,’ groups suing feds over gopher tortoises
A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida:Ā The future of hurricanes? 'The ...
Hurricanes, pythons pushing north; expect another ‘summer of slime’
Welcome to The Invading Seaā€™s news roundup, a past feature on the website that we are reviving. We plan on ...
Another reminder of Floridaā€™s massive hurricane risk
This article represents the opinion of the Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board. Hurricanes are a fact of life in Florida. ...
Florida-based association urges Congress to pass flood insurance bills sponsored by Sen. Rick Scott
By Paul Handerhan, Federal Association for Insurance Reform Flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster in the United ...
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