According to a new analysis of the country’s vulnerability to tropical cyclones, stronger storms brought on by climate change will sink deeper into the United States and threaten parts of the country unaccustomed to high-speed winds.
According to the study, more than 13 million U.S. properties that are currently unaffected by tropical cyclones are at risk of damage from hurricane-force winds in coming decades.
The report on the worsening winds and their projected financial impacts was released Monday by the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research group based in Brooklyn, New York. Researchers have found that more intense storms triggered by climate change will expose millions of additional properties to wind damage over the next 30 years, especially when tropical cyclone winds move inland and as storms migrate poleward toward the coast.
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