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A 2018 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, titled: Underwater: Rising Seas, Chronic Floods, and the Implications for US Coastal Real Estate stated that Florida is the state with the most homes at risk from climate change: "about 1 million homes (more than 10% of the state's current residential properties)." [66]
Hurricane Milton dropped more than 15 inches of rain from Tampa to Daytona Beach on Oct. 9-10, but the Withlacoochee River gauge at nearby Trilby, Florida, didn't reach its maximum height of 19.68 ...
Hurricane Milton has left parts of Florida completely submerged, as the catastrophic storm pounded the west coast with strong winds and relentless rain.Low-lying coastal towns have been swamped ...
In 2002, Florida and Broward County environmental officials began the long and arduous process of setting into motion a plan to remove the tires. An original estimate of between $40 and $100 million (equivalent to about $68M and $169M in 2023) led the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to plan to arrange a deal with those ...
The climate regime for much of the state is humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), though the Miami Metropolitan Area, southwest Florida from Fort Myers southward, and all of the Florida Keys, qualify as tropical wet-and-dry (Köppen Aw). Florida counties with tropical climates include Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Lee, Collier, and Monroe counties.
Some of South Florida’s earliest modern development happened on high ground. The county’s first public library and one of its first schools were built in 1894 in Lemon City, a community built ...
The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows from the Straits of Florida around the Florida Peninsula and along the southeastern coast of the United States before joining the Gulf Stream Current near Cape Hatteras. Its contributing currents are the Loop Current and the Antilles Current.