Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier — it was a preview
In Florida, about 17% of properties are located in a FEMA flood zone and 19% are at risk of a ...
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Property insurance: 10 facts about rising premiums and the role of climate change
Floridians face challenges in the cost and availability of homeowners insurance as climate risks increase.
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 ...
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 Florida’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 a role
We built a nationwide database of nearly 10,000 U.S. homeowners who voluntarily sold their homes and moved through FEMA’s Hazard ...
Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not future 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: The future of hurricanes? 'The ...
Hurricanes, pythons pushing north; expect another ‘summer of slime’
Welcome to The Invading Sea’s news roundup, a past feature on the website that we are reviving. We plan on ...