Florida has been divided into several wind zones designated in the Florida Building Code. Based on what region you’re in, your home has to be built to withstand winds in that area’s wind zone.

This map in Florida’s statewide building code delineates the minimum wind ... demanding windstorm rules as a “high-velocity” wind zone. But the Legislature declined to impose the same ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Hurricane Michael devastated parts of Florida’s Panhandle last year when it came ashore at Mexico Beach as a Category 5 storm. But most of the homes and buildings there ...

surviving the storm saves everybody money," said Erik Salna, of the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University. But an inspection of the map of Florida building ...

The deadly hurricane made landfall along the Florida ... Zone, where local code requires that a building’s entire envelope (including windows, doors, and eaves) incorporates lab-tested, wind ...

Miami-Dade and Broward are in, what's designated as a "High-Velocity Hurricane Zone." "As it's related to the South Florida building code, it's the toughest for hurricanes and for wind in the ...

Among the biggest improvements was the strengthening of Florida's building code after Hurricane Andrew ... South Florida a "high velocity" wind zone, in part reflecting the storm history of ...

See more details in the Florida Building Code. If you live ... you live in an evacuation zone and what zone it is. Go to the website and click on Know Your Zone Map and enter your address.

It's part of the reason that tighter building codes ... the wind out of the storm. Those trees become projectiles and flying objects." Hurricane Andrew a generation ago razed Florida's most ...