Washed Away – AARP
![A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew conducts overflights along the coast of western Florida following Hurricane Ian Oct. 1, 2022 (by Petty Officer Third Class Riley Perkofsk Courtesy of Coast Guard News CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/52400396474_e6bb210515_k-798x531.jpg)
As more older Americans move to the coasts, rising seas are wiping out their homes — and retirement dreams…
Add sand, lose sand, repeat. The climate conundrum for beaches – E&E News
![Contractors pump sand onto miles of Brevard County beaches in Florida (Courtesy of United States Army Corps of Engineers, Public Domain, via USACE Jacksonville District website).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/141222-A-CE999-309-798x532.jpg)
Rebuilding beaches after hurricanes is costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars more than expected as the Army Corps of Engineers pumps mountains of sand onto storm-obliterated shorelines…
Hurricanes are intensifying more rapidly – and the most vulnerable communities are hit hardest – the Guardian
![Hurricane Ian damage in Florida, September 2022 (courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/52426028573_ef91212286_c-798x600.jpg)
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy…
For Sanibel, the Recovery from Hurricane Ian Will Be Years in the Making – Inside Climate News
![View of damage along the coast of Sanibel, Fort Myers in western Florida following Hurricane Ian Oct. 1, 2022. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard, photo by Petty Officer Third Class Riley Perkofski CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/52400604543_45855e0298_k-798x531.jpg)
Few images of Hurricane Ian’s destruction in Florida a year ago this week were more indelible than those of the swamped causeway here, the only link between the mainland and barrier island where this small beach community is located…
Hurricane Ian Hits Home
![Hurricane Ian Approaches Florida on September 27, 2022 (courtesy of NOAA Satellites via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52411259035_109780a67a_c-798x449.jpg)
There are some important lessons from Hurricane Ian that we need to think seriously about before we start into yet another cycle of federal aid and rebuilding in the same areas again. Hurricanes are getting more powerful as the oceans continue to warm. It is the evaporation from the warmer ocean waters and the subsequent atmospheric circulation and winds that produce these hurricanes with their associated heavy rainfall and storm surges. They aren’t going away and if anything, all indications are that they will become even more powerful.
Hurricane Ian: This is climate change slapping us upside the head with a 2×4 – Florida Phoenix
![Hurricane Ian Storm Damage, September 30, 2022 (by Florida Fish and Wildlife CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr)](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52398165903_0157c67555_c-798x599.jpg)
Hurricane Ian should make Florida’s politicians and Florida’s insurance companies rethink building on the coasts, the barrier islands, and the wetlands. It’s unaffordable. It’s unsustainable. It’s environmental suicide.
To Save America’s Coasts, Don’t Always Rebuild Them – New York Times
![Aftermath of Hurricane Ian, September 28, 2022 (by Florida Fish and Wildlife CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr)](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52391523204_74408fc03d_c-798x599.jpg)
Federal and state taxpayers have spent billions of dollars over the past four decades pumping up beaches in front of coastal properties in what are known as beach nourishment projects. In Florida alone, almost $3 billion in public funds has been spent just to keep beaches in front of investment homes and oceanfront infrastructure…