Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth
Several cities along the Gulf Coast have large socially vulnerable populations at high risk from hurricane damage.
Several cities along the Gulf Coast have large socially vulnerable populations at high risk from hurricane damage.
Only about 12% of the nearly 9 million properties across the state of Florida have flood insurance.
Challenges in insurance markets connected to climate-related disasters are likely just a taste of what’s to come.
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