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Florida pulls back $2.1 billion in reinsurance money
Florida had set aside billions in state money to help insurers with critical backup coverage. A state bill, signed into law, ...
Need to restock your hurricane supplies? Here's when you can get some of them tax free in Florida
Florida's new, permanent sales tax exemptions on specific hurricane supplies won't go into effect until Aug. 1, 2025.
In Texas, Florida and across the globe, warmer climate makes flooding ‘more unprecedented'
As the Texas flooding death toll reached 95 on Monday - at least 27 of them children - and Tropical Storm Chantal prompted ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...
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New to Florida and hurricanes? Here are answers to basic questions before a storm develops
Here are answers to some of the most common hurricane questions. How much time you have to prepare for a hurricane depends on ...
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Florida eliminates sales tax on some disaster items, makes back-to-school sales tax holiday permanent
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that ends sales tax on certain disaster items and creates a yearly sales tax ...
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Florida’s Housing Market Teeters As Climate Disasters Press Homeowners
Douglas McIntyre of Climate Crisis 24/7 reports on Florida’s deepening housing crisis following Hurricane Milton, which devastated Fort Myers and led to steep home price drops—often by 20–30%. He ...
North Carolina flooded as hurricane Chantal brings heavy rainfall, more than 5 million under alert
Tropical depression Chantal Storm Chantal moved over North Carolina late Sunday night, causing flash flooding in numerous ...