‘You can rebuild stronger and better’ | This Maryland city says it is an example of achieving climate resilience after severe storms

Whatever destruction Hurricane Milton brings, there will be big decisions ahead about how to rebuild and even what places might need to be abandoned. Some damage predictions already exceed $200 billion in combined losses for Milton and Hurricane Helene, which crashed into the Southeast 13 days ago. Officials in Ellicott City are offering words of encouragement to battered communities in Florida and North Carolina as they hold their historic Maryland community as an example of the recovery that’s possible in the future.