Imagine saving for years to buy your dream house, only to have surging property insurance costs keep homeownership forever out of reach.
This is a common problem in Florida, where average insurance premiums cost homeowners an eye-watering US$6,000 a...
On January 26 and 27, the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy held its second annual Climate Solutions Hackathon, with wildland fire as this year’s theme.
The challenge posed to U students of any...
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.—For most of his life, Cory Infinger has lived down a hill and along a bend in the Little Wekiva River, a gentle stream meandering northwest of Orlando. During Hurricane Ian, in September 2022, the stream swelled, inundating the homes of...
In places most prone to wildfires and hurricanes, state “insurers of last resort” are absorbing trillions of dollars in risk.By Leslie Kaufman,Saijel Kishan and Nadia LopezIllustrations by John Provencher for Bloomberg GreenMarch 5, 2024, 7:00 PM UTC
In places most prone to...
The devastating wildfire that hit Texas over the past week, killing two people and burning an estimated 1.3 million acres in the state, is expected to spell disaster for many homeowners whose properties have been damaged by the blaze but whose homes weren't...
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — Some homes in the Ocean Breeze Resort in Jensen Beach sit high above the Intracoastal Waterway, far from any threat of flooding."My house isn't going to flood," Jane Tomlin said from her house on concrete stilts.
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