Read our series here. On a leafy strip of highway in Houma, a parish planner is on a quest to build hurricane-proof homes using a machine that quickly churns out stronger steel beams for foundations.

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Dr. Melanie Barton, a psychotherapist and environmental advocate, has spent the past four years building a hurricane-resistant home in east Tallahassee. The 1,800-square-foot home (excluding the ...

Like the single-door option, customers can enhance these doors with matching sidelites. The last design in the company’s ...

Hurricane-resistant homes built by Estudio Manuel Cervantes ... that facilitate cross ventilation and avoiding excessive use of glass and metal, according to AR. While still recovering from ...

Aug. 28, 2024 — More accurately predicting periods of increased hurricane activity weeks in advance may become possible due to new research published this month. Research shows that twice as ...

We lucked out here, but we can use Irma as a cautionary tale and a good reason why you should select hurricane-resistant trees for your yard. These trees became very popular after Hurricane Wilma tore ...

In anticipation of the upcoming session — between the landfalls of Helene and Milton, in early October — Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced he will ask the Legislature to dedicate more ...

Hurricane Milton was barreling toward William Fulford's front door. The mayor of nearby Tampa ... told Business Insider he believes his home is "hurricane-proof." More than a few developers ...

Some Florida real-estate developers are building what they call hurricane-resistant communities. Techniques used include tying homes down with steel straps and reducing flooding with "smart lakes.