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Coinciding with the dedication of Everglades National Park, 1947 in south Florida saw two hurricanes and a wet season responsible for 100 inches (250 cm) of rain, ending the decade-long drought. Although there were no human casualties, cattle and deer were drowned and standing water was left in suburban areas for months.
A considerable proportion of Florida’s population has characteristics that may make them more vulnerable to health impacts or that may pose barriers to accessing healthcare; approximately 21.6% of Florida's population is over the age of 65, 21.0% are foreign born, 12.7% live below the federal poverty level, and approximately 13.9% of the ...
Individuals and households play a central role in adaptation. There are many examples particularly in the global south. Behavioural adaptation is a change in the strategies, practices and actions that help to reduce risk. These can include protecting homes from flooding, protecting crops from drought, and adopting different income-earning ...
In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought.
Ten out of Florida's 67 counties currently are under county-enacted burn bans and more than 20 have a drought index warning showing very dry conditions. Most counties experiencing the worst ...
The Western Governors' Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System. The NIDIS Act calls for an interagency, multi-partner approach to drought monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, led by the National Oceanic and ...
Southwest Florida is no stranger to tropical activity with some neighborhoods from Punta Gorda through Naples still dealing with the cleanup from Hurricane Ian back in 2022. While this rainstorm ...
This is in sharp contrast to the normally clean air over Florida and the southeastern USA, which on average is the cleanest air in the USA. [6] Over 50% of the African dust that reaches the United States affects Florida. [7] Since 1970, dust outbreaks have worsened due to periods of drought in Africa.