Politics

Café con politics podcast: the cost of flooding

By David Smiley
Mia Herman sits on a fire hydrant in Brickell following Hurricane Irma, which badly flooded much of the coastal neighborhood’s pricey real estate. Without wetlands, which soak up a lot of excess water, flooding would have been much worse.
Mia Herman sits on a fire hydrant in Brickell following Hurricane Irma, which badly flooded much of the coastal neighborhood’s pricey real estate. Without wetlands, which soak up a lot of excess water, flooding would have been much worse. Matt McClain The Washington Post

On the latest episode of the Herald’s Café con Politics podcast, Herald reporter Alex Harris joins host Jay Ducassi to talk about a costly change to Florida flood insurance companies and how sea level rise has reduced the value of Miami houses.

Here is a link to the website, Flood iQ, mentioned in the episode.

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