After Milton, Florida assesses damage from back-to-back climate disasters
At least six people died in the storm, and some 80,000 ended up in shelters.
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Studying the surge
UCF Associate Professor Thomas Wahl is using machine learning to analyze flood-prone areas to better protect these regions.
How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states
Heleneâs devastation is an important reminder that hurricanes canât be judged by wind speed alone.
Milton grows to Category 5; emergency director âbegsâ Tampa Bay to evacuate
The hurricane is expected to make landfall Wednesday.
Preserving paradise with nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions typically provide benefits like reducing wind and wave energy, absorbing excess carbon and filtering water.
Heleneâs 500 miles of wreckage and devastation should bring howls of fury at leadersâ folly
Global, national and state leaders must recognize at long last that the worldâs climate cares nothing for political fiction.
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
Many types of toxic material can affect the long-term health and environmental safety of surrounding communities.
Climate resiliency would save Florida billions
Recent hurricanes, severe storms and flooding have created a massive fiscal burden on the state and its residents.
Florida’s water crisis: Rising seas threaten the Sunshine State’s most precious resourceÂ
As ground zero for climate change impacts, Florida is vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding and sea level rise.
Florida can handle storms â it’s climate change that’s the problem
The politics driving state policies that could help Floridians better cope with the effects of a warming planet need to ...
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