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Coastal home buyers are ignoring rising flood risks, despite clear warnings and rising insurance premiums

  • Written by Risa Palm, Professor of Urban Studies and Public Health, Georgia State University
imageApollo Beach, Fla., averages 3 feet above sea level, with many homes directly on the water.Google Earth

Apollo Beach, Florida, is a maze of canals lined with hundreds of houses perched right near the water’s edge. The whole community, just south of Tampa, is only about 3 feet above sea level, meaning it’s at risk from storm surge as sea...

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