Moving? 6 Questions To Ask About Flood Risk In A Changing Climate
You're looking for a new place to live. You know that fires and floods might be a problem, especially with climate change, but how much do you really know about your risk?
When you start looking for a new place to live, there are a lot of factors that you probably consider. Flood risk should be one of them.
As the Earth gets hotter, flooding is becoming more common and severe in most of the United States. More than 10 million apartments and houses have a substantial risk of flooding in the next 30 years â from sea level rise and storm surge along the coasts, and heavy rain and river flooding inland.
Because the climate is changing, many places that flooded a little in the past will flood a lot in the future, putting lives and property at enormous risk. It's already happening: One-third of the federal disaster money distributed after floods goes to.
