DeSantis recommends more than $200M for coastal resiliency, restoration; Florida House speaker teases new energy policy
The governor's budget also recommends $50 million for beach renourishment following damage from hurricanes Ian and Nicole.
Tag: Hurricane Idalia
A 2023 hurricane season success story: Cedar Key’s living shorelines bolster resilient community
Living shorelines use natural solutions – installed plants and habitat structures – to strengthen beaches against erosion.
Hurricane-weary Floridians ask: What UN climate talks?Â
Three months after Idalia, many here are more preoccupied with recovery than COP28.
Hurricane season ends with 20 named storms but just 1 US landfall; Senate committee investigating Citizens Property Insurance
The hurricane season produced the fourth-most named storms on record, but only Idalia made landfall in the US.
Heat-related medical calls increase at Disney; absence of Florida red tide puzzles researchers
Paramedics responded to nearly 40 medical calls for overheated Disney guests and took six people to the hospital in August.
Recovery from Idalia continues as end of hurricane season nears; Monroe County seeks changes to fund resilience projects
The hurricane season is approaching its Nov. 30 end as one of the most active on record, but few affected ...
Florida lawmakers need to take the climate crisis seriously Â
The Legislature must keep our communities safe from storms, promote solar energy and purchase strategic wilderness areas.
Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis’ destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city
The shortcomings of basing codes on 'probabilistic-based' maps calculated from past wind speeds have also been seen in Florida
Florida Legislature approves $416M in Hurricane Idalia relief; study finds invasive spider spreading rapidly in eastern US
The bill aids farmers in the area where the hurricane made landfall and helps all Floridians to make their homes ...
The science is clear – climate change is causing more damaging hurricanes in Florida
More flooding occurs from hurricanes because storms now move slower, have more threatening storm surges, bring increased rain.
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