Florida Sea Grant provides research and suggestions to improve hazard-resilience.
The Florida coastline is at risk from a variety of natural hazards, most notably the winds, waves and floods generated by tropical storms and hurricanes. In 2004 and 2005, eight hurricanes slammed the state, inflicting $31.3 billion in insured losses.
Florida Sea Grant is funding development of technologies and policies that reduce hurricane damages, creating new options for innovative and low-cost retrofits, better building codes, and more realistic models for insurance companies to value properties and asses risk.
