To manage the intense heat, many rural people are replacing or supplementing iron-roofed homes with buildings thatched with grass, palm fronds or water reeds
Rose Tilus was 17 when her family sent her from Haiti to live with a relative in Florida. Tilus’ parents feared for her safety because of political and civil unrest in Haiti at the time. She left behind four siblings. That was 20 years ago. Today, Tilus still lives in fear. But this time it…