Protect your home this hurricane season

守护您的家园,共度风季

Life Kit

2025-06-12

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Hurricane season can feel unnerving for many, especially as hurricanes grow more intense due to climate change. WUSF climate and environment reporter Jessica Meszaros breaks down how to know your flood risk level and ways to flood-proof your home so that you'll be more secure this season. This episode is part of NPR's Climate Solutions Week, a series where we examine how to be more resilient in a changing climate. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1st.

  • And it's hard to process for a lot of people whose communities and homes were wrecked by hurricanes last year in states like Florida,

  • Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

  • A lot of people are still rebuilding.

  • That's the case for Jessica Mazaros.

  • She's a climate and environment reporter at WUSF, the NPR member station in Tampa.

  • It will rapidly intensify

  • as it quickly moves towards the Big Bend area where it's expected to make landfall.

  • One critical thing people can do to prevent mold buildup.

  • Have you noticed any trends in storms recently in terms of like how frequently they come around?