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Will Hurricane Ian cut Florida’s Gulf Coast real estate boom short?

Hurricanes have always posed an inevitable threat to Florida. But the risk hasn’t detered the droves of people who have flocked to the state since the start of the pandemic.

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Biden says Hurricane Ian ‘ends discussion’ over climate change as DeSantis looks on

The president traveled to Florida’s Gulf Coast where some communities were obliterated by the near Category-5 storm

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina as Florida counts cost of destruction

Hurricane Ian slammed into South Carolina on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across Florida that washed away houses, stranded thousands and left an unknown number of people dead.

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At a Florida trailer park, survivors speak of Ian's wrath

Ian’s fierce winds howled through a Gulf coast trailer park with such force that residents felt they would be lifted off the ground, even blown away

The Independent UK

Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities flooded. Rescues continue

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, roughly 2 million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as the Gulf Coast began to assess leveled homes, flooded buildings and streets, and damaged or destroyed road and bridges.

Miami Herald

Causeway to Sanibel Island severed as Florida wakes up to Ian’s trail of destruction

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, over a million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as residents and emergency crews along the Gulf Coast began to assess the toppled buildings, flooded streets and crippled infrastructure.

Miami Herald

Death toll in Florida uncertain as Ian takes aim at Carolinas

Emergency crews tried on Thursday to reach stranded Florida residents as a resurgent Hurricane Ian veered toward the Carolinas after cutting a path of destruction across Florida, leaving behind deadly floodwaters, downed power lines and widespread damage.

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How hurricane categories forecast the scale of destruction

Hurricane Ian approached Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a powerful storm just one rating shy of the highest category designation given to storms in the United States.

Reuters

With Hurricane Ian About To Slam Florida, Which Insurance, Bank Stocks Are Most Exposed?

Hurricane Ian is just off the Gulf Coast of Florida and approaching landfall near Cape Coral as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour.

Benzinga

Hurricane Ian: Residents warned it's too late to flee storm with 150mph gales on way

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned: "There will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge on the Gulf Coast region." He also claimed it is now too late to flee the storm

Daily Mirror

Tiger King’s Carole Baskin battens down hatches at Big Cat Rescue over Hurricane Ian

Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin, from Netflix’s hit series Tiger King, says staff have been preparing the facility for Hurricane Ian which is set to hit Florida's Gulf Coast

Daily Mirror

Hurricane Ian batters Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic fury

Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful U.S. storms in recent years.

Reuters

Millions in Florida urged to evacuate as Hurricane Ian nears

Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday boarded up homes, packed up their vehicles and headed for higher ground as Hurricane Ian drew near, threatening to bring a deadly storm surge and more than a foot of rain to some areas.

Reuters

Hurricane Ian now a fierce Category 3 as track shifts south and early rains sweep Florida

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian’s projected path shifted slightly Tuesday, on a track that would push the powerful storm to an earlier potential landfall south of the Tampa Bay area — a small but significant change for a Gulf Coast vulnerable to storm surge.

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Hurricane Ian, now a fierce Cat 3, track shifts south as rains sweep Florida

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian’s project path shifted slightly Tuesday, on a track that would push the powerful storm’s to an earlier potential landfall south of the Tampa Bay area — a small but significant change for a Gulf Coast vulnerable to storm surge.

Texas Observer

An Eleventh-Hour, Hail-Mary Climate Remedy

The Inflation Reduction Act promises to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, but enables more pollution in Gulf Coast communities.

Tribune News Service

Tesla seeks tax breaks for ‘first of its kind’ lithium refinery

Tesla Inc. is plotting a potential lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, a move that would bolster the company’s battery-production efforts and further expand its footprint in the state.

The Independent UK

Frustrating recovery could be hurricane harbinger for South

The continuing recovery from a small tornado that hit a poor Southern community shows how hard it may be to get over a big storm as the heart of hurricane season approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast

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Texas Observer

Energy Advocates Urge Biden to Declare Climate Emergency

Intervention by the federal government could protect Gulf Coast "sacrifice zones" while keeping the power on amid record temperatures.

Axios

CDC issues alert after potentially deadly bacteria detected in U.S. soil for first time

It was found along the Gulf Coast region of Southern Mississippi near the homes of two people who were hospitalized after becoming sick.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: More than 100m Americans urged to stay indoors amid extreme heat

Heatwave expected to stretch from Gulf coast to Carolinas, reaching 100F in some cities. Plus, the 67-year-old crowd surfer

The Independent UK

Excessive heat rolls east, bakes much of central, eastern US

More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as a heat wave settles over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas

Benzinga

Bowman Expands In Gulf Coast Through Fabre Engineering Acquisition - Read More For Details

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd (NASDAQ:BWMN) has purchased Fabre Engineering, Inc., a provider of civil engineering and land surveying in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pensacola, Florida-based Fabre Engineering was founded in 1981 by Frank Fabre. It specializes in water, stormwater, wastewater solutions, airports, land use planning for private developers…

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center monitors 1st disturbance of 2022 over Gulf Coast

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday issued its first national tropical weather outlook area for the 2022 season.

Zenger

Dangerous Saharan Dust Cloud May Reach U.S. Gulf Coast By Weekend

The massive plume will bring hazy sunsets — and hazardous health conditions.

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