In Southwest Florida, High Home Insurance Rates Are Driving Away Would-Be Buyers February 15, 2024 By Michael Sasso Florida’s southwestern coast — long one of America’s fastest-growing regions — is losing some of its boomtown swagger as a...
Are Billions in Wind Mitigation the Answer for Florida’s Insurance Problems? December 19, 2023 By William Rabb While Florida’s property insurance landscape appears to be leveling out, much more funding is needed to fortify homes against hurricane...
US Climate Assessment Lays Out Growing Threats, Opportunities as Temperatures Rise November 14, 2023 By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Climate change harms Americans physically, mentally and financially, often hitting those who have done the...
Some Houses Are Being Built to Stand Up to Hurricanes and Sharply Cut Emissions, Too November 6, 2023 By Isabella O'Malley When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the...
Hurricanes Are Now Twice as Likely to Zip from Minor to Whopper than Decades Ago, Study Says October 20, 2023 By Seth Borenstein With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify...
Climate Destruction Fuels Growing Sector of the US Economy October 4, 2023 By Tim Quinson The cost of the climate crisis keeps going up. In terms of damage to the atmosphere and life on Earth,...
In a State Used to Hurricanes and Flooding, Louisiana Is Battling an Unprecedented Wildfire Season September 19, 2023 By Sara Cline BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities...
Climate Change Is Causing an Insurance Crisis in Louisiana September 12, 2023 By Leslie Kaufman A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and...
Fires and Other Disasters are Increasing in Hawaii, According to AP Data Analysis August 18, 2023 By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman and Bobby Caina Calvan KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides. Lava that creeps into neighborhoods. Fierce drought that materializes in a...
Hawaii Could See a Big Hurricane Season, but Most Homes Aren’t Ready August 2, 2023 By Audrey McAvoy HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to...