As Hurricane Helene approaches Florida's coast, many residents are struggling to prepare due to ongoing damage from last year's hurricane Idalia. Some homeowners lack insurance or face unaffordable premiums, leaving them vulnerable to the impending storm.
Some residents are living in homes that haven't been repaired since the last storm because of inadequate homeowners insurance — or none at all Florida resident Michelle Curtis spent much of Wednesday securing her beach house and preparing to transport her horses and dogs from her farm in Perry to a friend's property several counties away.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rated Miami-Dade as one of the 10 riskiest counties to live in in the U.S. Curtis, who has lived in Taylor County for 40 years and is a former forester, said many of her neighbors can't afford to pay for insurance. "If it gets up to my windows, it's going to go in my rooms no matter what," she said, speaking from her daughter's home near Jacksonville.
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