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The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund provides relatively inexpensive reinsurance to carriers as a way to help stabilize the property-insurance market.
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Across the country, corporate investors are buying up mobile homes parks and raising the rents — including after hurricanes. At a hard-hit trailer park in Naples, some residents are worried their landlord could try to take advantage of the storm and force them out.
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Walsh says you shouldn't drink the water if it could be contaminated. Use bottled water instead or boil it for more than a minute.
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Several evacuees from the Good Samaritan Society's Kissimmee Village who have taken refuge about five miles down the road at the Red Lion Hotel spoke about their experiences.
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Light blue cans of black beans line Centro Juan Diego’s food pantry, where volunteers pack them away with bags of rice to hand out to the people lined up outside. The halls are lined with palettes of ready-to-eat meals and bottled water. Centro Juan Diego feeds clients year-round. But after Ian, she said, the need quadrupled.
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Widespread flooding still is receding more than two weeks after Hurricane Ian. In one Brevard County neighborhood, the only road in and out remains washed out, leaving many residents stranded.
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Well before Hurricane Ian made Florida landfall, the state's homeowners' insurance market was already in free fall. WLRN spoke with the Insurance Information Institute, whose spokesperson warned that the volatility looks set to continue.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has touted a record amount of spending to help his state prepare for the effects of climate change. But his policy on that front is coming under scrutiny by many residents still reeling from Hurricane Ian.
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At the library, cars are bumper to bumper beside debris from fallen trees stacked over five feet. Vehicles temporarily sit in the fire lane while library staff try to track down their owners. Locals are outside with laptops, camping chairs and patio tables from home. The entry hallway is lined with eight folding tables and 20 metal chairs for overflow seating.
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More than a week after Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida, hundreds of people are still living in storm shelters in hard-hit Lee County. Some who lost their homes say they don't know where they'll live next. WLRN's Kate Payne, on assignment for sister station WGCU, reports.