Miami real estate - flooding, sea level rise, climate change

An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)

Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. Since Hurricane Ian devastated southwestern Florida last month, residents have filed a record num... (2022)

Nearly half of Coral Gables residences are on septic tanks. Many may be leaking. As sea levels rise, how big a problem is that? % Keon says “the... (2020)

Miami Herald A new app designed to rank the flood risk for every property in the U.S. has some distressing findings for Florida. The cities w... (2020)

Some federal flood maps haven’t been updated in years. This new, nationwide flood risk tool includes projections to 2050. Flood Factor new, n... (2020)

Technically, every house in Florida is in a flood zone. It’s just a matter of whether it is in a low, moderate or high-risk flood zone.Here is a br... (2009)

Miami-Dade wants mangroves and islands as storm protection instead of 10-foot walls (2020)

The $4.6 billion plan calls for six miles of walls along the coast (including one mile within Biscayne Bay), barriers at the mouths of three waterw... (2020)

Huzzah for tailgates and overeating stadium food. Boo the fact that climate change is an existential threat to Miami. (2021)