The Florida House is expected Wednesday to approve a proposal that would establish a new resiliency office directly under Gov. Ron DeSantis, after Democrats were unable to make changes to address the causes of rising seas.
A new Florida law now requires public coastal construction projects to first be reviewed for impacts on the state's fragile seashore because of rising sea levels.
Florida has the most homes at risk because of sea level rise by the end of the century, according to a study from the Union of Concerned Scientists that looked at Zillow data and NOAA sea rise models.
