Alex Harris

As an unnamed storm drenched Miami-Dade earlier this month, some people were shocked to find themselves suddenly sloshing through floodwaters creeping into homes or apartments.

Seawalls, despite more natural innovations like "living" shorelines, aren’t going anywhere in Florida — except up.

'Living' shorelines featuring mangroves instead of plain seawalls are popular with environmentalists, but permitting and public resistance in Miami-Dade make them tough to build.

The U.N. report had a global focus, but Florida was repeatedly used as an example of a place where the impacts of climate change were already being felt, both economically and environmentally.

A father of a Parkland shooting victim was led away by police after scaling a crane near the White House for a dramatic protest on the deadly shooting’s anniversary Monday, while the congressman who represents the community urged President Joe Biden to use the State of the Union address to call for action on gun violence.