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Question of the Day A man smokes a cigarette and video chats with a friend on his porch, the only dry spot on his street after a King Tide-related flood in Miami Beach, Fla., on Oct. 19, 2020. A new analysis by First Street . more > By ALEX HARRIS and The Miami Herald - Associated Press - Saturday, March 13, 2021
MIAMI (AP) - If you live in Florida, you should probably be paying more for flood insurance. And you likely will be soon.
That first finding is the conclusion of a new analysis by First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research group focused on climate impacts on property value, which found that the majority of Floridians face a higher flood risk than their insurance costs would indicate.
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