How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states
Helene’s devastation is an important reminder that hurricanes can’t be judged by wind speed alone.
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Milton grows to Category 5; emergency director ‘begs’ Tampa Bay to evacuate
The hurricane is expected to make landfall Wednesday.
Preserving paradise with nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions typically provide benefits like reducing wind and wave energy, absorbing excess carbon and filtering water.
Helene’s 500 miles of wreckage and devastation should bring howls of fury at leaders’ folly
Global, national and state leaders must recognize at long last that the world’s climate cares nothing for political fiction.
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
Many types of toxic material can affect the long-term health and environmental safety of surrounding communities.
Climate resiliency would save Florida billions
Recent hurricanes, severe storms and flooding have created a massive fiscal burden on the state and its residents.
Florida’s water crisis: Rising seas threaten the Sunshine State’s most precious resource
As ground zero for climate change impacts, Florida is vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding and sea level rise.
Florida can handle storms — it’s climate change that’s the problem
The politics driving state policies that could help Floridians better cope with the effects of a warming planet need to ...
In Florida’s Big Bend, small towns bear the brunt of Helene’s impact
After three hurricanes in a year, the cycle of recovery continues in hamlets along the state’s west coast.
Over 2 million acres of floodplain development occurred in US in last two decades, study finds
Roughly half of all residential floodplain development in US was built in Florida, University of Miami scientists found.