Amid the devastation, this Florida town has been struck by three hurricanes in just 13 months, leaving residents struggling to rebuild their homes and lives.

It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing village of Horseshoe Beach in August 2023.

For the third time in 13 months, Florida’s Big Bend took a direct hit from a hurricane. The back-to-back hits are forcing residents to reckon with the true costs of living in a place under siege by storms that researchers say are becoming stronger because of climate change.