Readers often ask me some variation of “what part of Florida has the lowest risk of hurricanes”.
My answer is usually “anywhere in the middle of the state” which would include popular retirement places like any of the cities in the Orlando area, Clermont, The Villages, Leesburg, and Ocala.
Now, thanks to the Wall Street Journal and Climate Alpha, a company that uses AI to build forecasting models based on data from FEMA related to past events, predictions of future weather, and other factors, we have a more scientific answer.
