Alex Harris

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alex Harris |Max Klaver

The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a program that has helped tens of thousands of low-income Floridians keep the power and AC on, including during potentially dangerous extreme heat waves. This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services laid off 10,000 employees, another slash to the federal workforce following a string of controversial job cuts under the Elon Musk-directed Department of Government Efficiency.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Harris

On the heels of one of the more devastating Florida hurricane seasons in recent memory, forecasters are calling for another above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2025. The pre-season forecast from Colorado State University, a pioneer in the realm of early storm season predictions, calls for 17 named storms, nine of which could strengthen to hurricanes and four of which could become major hurricanes — category 3 or higher.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Harris

The Miami Herald is launching a new periodic series where we answer reader questions about climate change. Send us yours at [email protected]. Miami regularly tops global lists as a city with the most to lose from rising seas, which experts warn could continue to flood streets and buildings and potentially erode property values. Sea level rise has picked up the pace in recent years, as scientists have long predicted.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Harris

Locals know that climate change is a huge, looming problem for those of us who call South Florida home. You want to know if all those headlines forecasting doom and gloom are real, how this global phenomenon could be affecting your home insurance premium or power bill and if it’s going to keep getting hotter down here. (Spoiler: that last one is a pretty definitive yes.)The Miami Herald’s climate team wants to help find the answers, and we need your help.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Harris |David Goodhue

An unusually large wildfire rampaged through southeast Miami-Dade this week. It downed powerlines and trees, blocked roads in and out of the Florida Keys for days and sent noxious smoke drifting into adjacent neighborhoods. By Friday afternoon, the 344 fire, as it was dubbed by Florida’s Forest Service, had ravaged more than 26,000 acres but state and local firefighters had managed to contain it to unoccupied wetlands.