(CNN) All hurricanes are brutal, but geology, geography and good old-fashioned capitalism have conspired to make Florida hurricanes particularly damaging events. South Florida, in particular, is a kind of paradise for many people who live there, but as far as Mother Nature is concerned, it's a fragile kind of paradise. The second thing that makes South Florida vulnerable is that it's low lying. The very rock South Florida is built out of is a problem, too. Today, about six million people live on the east coast of South Florida, from Miami-Dade county up through Palm Beach.

Source: CNN September 10, 2017 13:18 UTC