A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain ... MDS’s designs use hipped roofs, stilts for sufficient elevation if necessary, and 2 x 6 timber studs rather ...

Sat on stilts anchored deep into ... property is among more than 5,500 circular houses produced by Deltec, a US company that says its “hurricane-resistant” designs can withstand winds of ...

Dutch company Cubicco has created a flat-pack, modular, prefabricated, hurricane-proof ... traditionally constructed houses because of their sustainable, storm-resistant features.

Once a dormitory for commercial fishermen, then a rustic getaway for families and anglers, Kelly’s stilt house and others like it virtually disappeared in the winds of Hurricane Charley ...

So, how can you hurricane proof your house? Raise your home Planting your home on stilts may bring to mind Maldives bungalows sitting over azure waters, but it is fast becoming a reality in the US ...

Penny Tannenbaum, right, and Michael Aronsohn point to the lower portion of walls that were removed due to floodwaters entering their home during Hurricane ... their house, still dripping from ...