Florida is the third most populous state in the U.S., after California and Texas. As of April 1, the Sunshine State had a population of 23 million, growing by between 350,000 and 375,000 residents ...

In fact, the largest city in the state was utterly annihilated by one such storm nearly two centuries ago. That city — St. Joseph — was picked over Tallahassee in 1838 as the site of Florida’s first ...