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Hurricanes moving farther north to pummel millions more homes in U.S.

More than 13 million properties that aren’t currently vulnerable to tropical cyclones likely will be in 30 years.

By Leslie Kaufman and Eric Roston | February 28, 2023 at 01:17 AM
Annual damages from high winds will rise by $1.5 billion to nearly $20 billion in 2053, according to the report, with damages rising the most — 87% — in the Northeast U.S. The Mid-Atlantic region will see the largest increase in maximum wind speeds, with maximum wind gusts in some places blowing up to 37 miles per hour faster. (Credit: Nick Hague/NASA) Annual damages from high winds will rise by $1.5 billion to nearly $20 billion in 2053, according to the report, with damages rising the most — 87% — in the Northeast U.S. The Mid-Atlantic region will see the largest increase in maximum wind speeds, with maximum wind gusts in some places blowing up to 37 miles per hour faster. (Credit: Nick Hague/NASA)

(Bloomberg) — Is it possible to predict exactly where the wind will blow? How about where it will blow 30 years from now?

The First Street Foundation, a nonprofit that works to define and communicate risks posed by climate change, reported it developed a model to assess “hyper-local climate wind risk” in the U.S. now and into the future.

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