Babcock, Florida, was developer Syd Kitson's sustainable dream town, built and engineered around its own solar array – to withstand flooding and high winds. CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir reports how the town held up through two hurricanes for "Adaptation Nation" on "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper," Sunday, March 23 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN. | CNN
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