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Members of the historically Black Glenwood Community in Panama City are upset over what they perceive as new shotgun homes in their neighborhood.

LAKE WORTH BEACH — The most talked about home in Lake Worth Beach these days is a shipping container. Roger Bennett, a former public relations executive for Ford Motor Co., is building a two-bedroom, two-bath residence at 128 North F St. made from the same 40-foot steel boxes used to transport cargo by sea. Since the project broke ground in May, Bennett said hes given around 60 tours of the home and drawn scores of comments on his Facebook page, where he gives near-daily updates of the cons...

Hurricane Season Starts In Florida As Pandemic Continues

As hurricane season officially begins June 1, the Florida Division of Emergency Management will have surpassed 450 days responding to the pandemic.

/ Florida emergency-management workers aren’t approaching this year’s hurricane season as anything basic, but they are looking forward to what the new state director calls the ABCs — “Anything But COVID.” As the six-month hurricane season officially begins June 1, the Florida Division of Emergency Management will have surpassed 450 days responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. “They would love to get back to doing tropical cyclones and wildfires and things like that, because we have bee...

The Florida Division of Emergency Management is about to surpass 450 days responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

/ The 2021 hurricane season is projected to be above average for storms and got off to an early start as Tropical Storm Ana has already formed and dissipated. Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said his agency is "ready to be doing something else." Florida emergency-management workers aren’t approaching this year’s hurricane season as anything basic, but they are looking forward to what the new state director calls the ABCs — “Anything But COVID.�...

The new laws will protect Florida homeowners and decrease flood insurance risks.

The bills, which include creation of a Resilient Florida Grant Program in the Department of Environmental Protection to aid local communities, came only a few years after Republican lawmakers began to openly acknowledge the impacts of climate change.

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. RMS Announces New Models and RiskLink Version 21.0 May 5, 2021 GMT RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk modeling and solutions company, today announces new models. Speaking at the annual RMS Exceedance conference, Mohsen Rahnama Ph.D., chief risk modeling officer and executive vice president, said: “Risk is increasingly complex and connected. RMS is focused on providing the highest quality ...