Amna Nawaz:
The eye of Hurricane Erin, this season’s first, passed about 450 miles east of Florida yesterday as it continued moving north in the Atlantic.
But the storm, which rapidly intensified last week, is a reminder of just how vulnerable South Florida is to the impacts of climate change.
For our series Tipping Point, William Brangham recently traveled to the region to explore how climate start-ups, local governments and researchers are working to make the area more resilient amid potential federal funding cuts that could hinder those efforts.
