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Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida just as the state put historic amounts of money into climate resilience.
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Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida just as the state put historic amounts of money into climate resilience.

Now officials have to move faster.



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Hurricane Ian destroyed entire communities in southwestern Florida, and left death, debris, sewage and toxic waste in its wake. Ian caused at least $75 billion in damages and more than 100 deaths, even as Florida had started to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to make itself more resilient. Still, the risks from such aren’t limited to Florida or to the coasts. As Catherine Boudreau reports for Business Insider, the massive rains Ian brought flooded inland regions also. As she notes, strengthening the United States’ infrastructure against massive storms such as Ian and other climate change–related natural disasters, including floods and wildfires, will take years and cost billions.

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  • When Hurricane Ian devastated Florida’s southwest coast in the fall of 2022, infrastructure hardening against future hurricanes had only just begun.
  • The state had reserved government funding for “coastal restoration.”
  • Florida needs to bolster its “natural climate defenses.”

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Catherine Boudreau is senior sustainability reporter at Business Insider.


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    G. S. 2 years ago
    Why was there no mention of Babcock Ranch? Solar-powered "hurricane-proof" town takes direct hit from Hurricane Ian and they went on as if it never happened. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/babcock-ranch-solar-power-hurricane-ian-60-minutes-2022-10-09/
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      2 years ago
      Thank you for your comment and the information about Babcock Ranch. The content of our summaries is limited to the information in the article we're summarizing, and this one pursued a different path.