Keri West Indian River Lagoon News and Events Safer Indian River Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserves Indian St. Johns Riverkeeper Action St. Lucie River St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park LagoonKeepers.org Save the Lagoon Peter Wolfson The Peace Reef Project - Living Aquaculture Art The The Biomimicry Institute Congessman Murphy Senator Negron Treasure Coast Indian Country Today Media Network Background The devastation caused by flooding in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 is still fresh in the memory. Rebuilding and recovery from the disaster is likely to take several years and life may never be the same for many residents of the “Big Easy”. Although the insurance industry suffered unprecedented losses when Hurricane Katrina caused wide-scale damage to the Gulf coast, New Orleans in particular, (Lloyd’s share was USD 3.4bn) there are other less well-known areas that are also extremely vulnerable to hurricanes. The International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University in Miami has released the top ten most vulnerable US mainland areas to hurricanes, based upon twelve criteria. The rankings are as follows: 1 New Orleans, Louisiana 2 Lake Okeechobee, Florida 3 Florida Keys 4 Coastal Mississippi 5 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 6 Galveston/Houston, Texas 7 Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 8 Eastern Long Island, New York 9 Wilmington, North Carolina 10 Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida This is the first report written by the new Lloyd’s Emerging Risks team
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 11:33:57 +0000
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