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Building hurricane-resistant communities
11 minutes Posted Oct 5, 2022 at 9:30 am.
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President Biden is in Florida today, to survey the extensive damage from Hurricane Ian. One community northeast of Fort Myers escaped much of it. The new community was built with hurricanes in mind, and residents never lost power during Ian and saw minimal damage otherwise. What would it take to make every community this resilient?

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Guests: Axios' Alexi McCammond and Notre Dame University's Tracy Kijewski-Correa.

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