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Researchers say sewage monitoring could become the primary tool Florida uses to gauge whether COVID-19 vaccines are working or vaccine-resistant varriants are emerging. ....
Broward launches environmental dashboard to monitor climate change Updated: Tags: So much needs to change, but we have to start somewhere. Although a lot of data has been collected, not enough has been explained, according to Broward County Commissioner Beam Furr. “We have all this information but it doesn’t do you any good if it’s just sitting on a shelf,” says Furr. Furr, who is also chair of the Climate Change Taskforce for Broward County, says this is why he wanted to organize data and allow Broward residents to interact with one another. This is why the county has launched a new online environmental resilience dashboard a new way to see the big picture and guide environmental decisions and investments in Broward County. ....
A new study by the nonprofit news service Climate Central presents another grim outlook for the elderly in South Florida: more nursing homes and assisted living facilities at risk from flooding than other coastal states. ....
WLRN Broward s Resilience Dashboard includes the Flood Factor mapping tool to see what a property s future flood risk looks like. The county modeled the new dashboard, armed with tools to check personal property flood risk, after its coronavirus dashboard was well received. Broward County s recently unveiled resilience dashboard is a home page of sorts for environmental resources and in-progress projects to fight the effects of climate change. You can also search through tabs about clean energy, beach renourishment, solar power and projects happening in specific cities across Broward. WLRN is committed to providing the trusted news and local reporting you rely on. Please keep WLRN strong with your support today. Donate now. Thank you. ....
Miami Herald Homero Giviria, 76, walks past a flooded Aventura apartment on his way to work in December 2019. When Hurricane Irma roared across South Florida in September 2017, winds cut off power to the elderly residents at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, leaving them in suffocating heat for more than three days. As rooms in the 152-bed facility heated up, residents began having trouble breathing. Their temperatures soared. Fourteen people died, including Pedro Franco’s parents. “It didn’t have to be that way,” said Franco, who sued the facility for negligence. It was 100 percent avoidable.” You turn to WLRN for reporting you can trust and stories that move our South Florida community forward. Your support makes it possible. Please ....