The connection between hurricanes and investment in Florida
The potential damage from a hurricane reaches well beyond physical structures and property into financial instability.
Tag: Hurricane Helene
Hurricane resilience shown with utility-scale solar
Large farms are transitioning to harvesting energy as Florida utilities rapidly expand their use of solar power.
As extreme weather intensifies, Trump administration can’t forget Florida farmers
Florida’s Department of Agriculture estimates this year’s storms may cost the agricultural industry as much as $4 billion.
Floridians aren’t alone in this home insurance crisis. Our fates are shared
Insurance has become a keystone of our housing system, but it alone cannot hold the weight of climate change.
How Florida built resilience this hurricane season and what can be done to prepare for future storms
Florida leaders have made great progress this year to better protect residents, but there is still a lot of work ...
Grassroots hurricane relief efforts fight disinformation, slow bureaucracies and more frequent catastrophes
In the aftermath of Helene and Milton, mutual aid groups call for structural change in how the nation responds to ...
A Q&A with the co-founder of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: ‘There’s a lot of loss and trauma that comes with disasters. But that’s not the end of the story’
Jimmy Dunson is an author, poet and co-founder of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, based in the Tampa Bay area.
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage
Home insurance averages $2,377 a year nationally and $11,000 per year in Florida.
Saltwater flooding is a serious fire threat for EVs and other devices with lithium-ion batteries
According to one tally, 11 electric cars and 48 lithium-ion batteries caught fire after exposure to salty floodwater from Helene.
Are we ready for monster hurricanes like Helene and Milton? Not really
The effects of hurricanes Helene and Milton prove that a reactive approach to disaster is unsustainable
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