EVERYBODY WINS WHEN FLORIDA’S
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS PROTECTED
In the Florida Keys, water is both a blessing and a curse.
The narrow land mass—a 120-mile-long string of tropical islands with
coastline on each side of it—has created a fun in the sun gold mine where
nearly 50% of Monroe County residents work in the tourism industry.
But the 80,000 people who call the Keys home year-round
are experiencing sunny-day flooding—roads made impassible by tidal activity—no
tropical storm rainfall required.
Sea levels in Monroe County have risen nearly four inches
from 2000-2017.
A net additional six to 13 inches has been projected from
2018 to 2040, according to Monroe County government statistics.
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