Since the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968, the U.S. government has paid over $51 billion to cover flood losses. Almost half of these payouts went to just 25 counties, among the fastest-growing ...
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2024
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Flooding in the United States costs communities more than $32 billion each year. As climate change drives increasingly severe and erratic storm events, experts project that figure to rise in coming years: Forecasts estimate ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2023
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The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming. The cost of reducing climate pollution faster would be ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2023
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After Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans in 2021, Kirt Talamo, a fourth-generation Louisianan, decided it was time to go. He sold his flooded home, purchased his grandmother's former house on New Orleans' west bank, which hadn't ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2023
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Children are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
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The need to limit flood risk in Canada is urgent, with approximately 1.5 million homes, representing 10 percent of the Canadian residential housing market, in high-risk zones where they are ineligible for flood insurance. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2023
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When Hurricane Florence made landfall on North Carolina's coast in 2018, it brought record rainfall causing catastrophic flooding and damages to communities across the eastern portion of the state.
Environment
Mar 31, 2023
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A new peer-reviewed study, which analyzes Florida housing markets battered by hurricanes, finds that affected areas tend to gentrify slightly in the years following a storm: The average income of new buyers increases while ...
Economics & Business
Jan 4, 2023
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Miami's Little Haiti has been an immigrant community for decades. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that cater to the neighborhood, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population with a median household ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2022
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The floods ravaging Victoria have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead. Some rivers are not expected to peak until Monday and more wet weather may leave towns battling floodwaters again in the coming ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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