Many Floridians who own property vulnerable to flooding don’t have flood insurance
By Jennifer Scherff, My Flood Insurance We need to talk about flood insurance. The topic of flooding has been very ...
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How protecting our ocean can protect us from much of the damage caused by climate change
By Ryann Lynn, Environment Florida, and Francis Rooney, U.S. Congress It’s no secret that people come to Florida for the ...
It’s Time to Stop Ignoring the Truth: Climate Change is Making Hurricanes Worse
By Jennifer Scherff, My Flood Risk June 1 marked the official start of hurricane season, yet we have already had ...
First Street Foundation releases new data disclosing flood risk of every home in the contiguous U.S.
By First Street Foundation The nonprofit research and technology group First Street Foundation has publicly released flood risk data for ...
Media Roundup: Venice flooding; Ineffective building codes; Expand PACE program; dangerous changes; soldiers face heat risk
Venice floods: Climate change behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor The British Broadcasting Corporation The highest water levels ...
A 45-year-old federal privacy law makes it difficult for homebuyers to get a property’s flooding history
The Privacy Act of 1974, while laudable in its aim to provide citizens with rights to control the federal government’s ...
How the rich are using federal money to buy their way out of climate catastrophes
If experts are to be believed, climate change is set to reshape America’s physical geography through rising sea levels and increasingly wild weather. ...
State and federal leaders need to quit debating whether climate change is real, and start lending a hand to address it
When a storm like Hurricane Dorian begins hurdling toward our state, federal and state leaders cannot convene enough press conferences ...
Technology and precise data can help lenders and investors avoid mispricing assets threatened by extreme weather and a warming climate
The “Moneyball” of Climate Change The movie “Moneyball” (and the book by Michael Lewis) are based on the story about ...
Potential buyers need to be given more information about a property’s flood risks
Under Florida case law, a seller of a home must disclose to the buyer all known facts that materially affect ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.