But as of 2019, Florida’s massive, nationally renowned statewide building code still doesn’t have much to say about how to build with climate change in mind. That could change this year ...

Since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the last Category 5 storm to slam the state, Florida has been divided into several wind zones designated in the Florida Building Code. Based on what region you’re ...

Every hurricane is a learning experience. Florida is better at staging supplies, evacuating residents and rebuilding the power grid thanks to the lessons learned from these monster storms.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Kathy Baughman McLeod, director of the Arsht-Rockefeller Resilience Center, on whether Florida's building codes can stand up to increasingly severe hurricanes.

The added elevation has become standard thanks to decades of stricter building codes and ... a study for the Florida Building Commission on the potential impacts of climate change on the state ...

Ron DeSantis more than tripled the state’s investment in planning for sea rise through its Florida Resilient ... we have major climate issues.” When it comes to building codes, the Influencers ...

See more details in the Florida Building Code. If you live ... you live in an evacuation zone and what zone it is. Go to the website and click on Know Your Zone Map and enter your address.

The deadly hurricane made landfall along the Florida Panhandle on Oct ... are part of a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, where local code requires that a building’s entire envelope (including ...

But as of 2019, Florida’s massive, nationally renowned statewide building code still doesn’t have much to say about how to build with climate change in mind. That could change this year ...