August 21, 2025

Gulf Coast states face huge losses

Axios -  The U.S. Gulf Coast is facing billions of dollars in yearly property damage by 2050 due to extreme weather tied to climate change, per a new analysis....Even as Gulf states are still reckoning with the aftermath of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, more pain and loss seems inevitable.

Damage from extreme weather will cost $32 billion annually across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida by 2050 in a "middle of the road" climate change scenario, per a new Urban Institute analysis using FEMA data....  Full story

1 comment:

greg gerritt said...

TX, AL. MS, LA, and FL are driving off a cliff. I wish they would not drag the rest of us down with their stupidity.