Hurricane Winds Will Hit New Places In Coming Decades. Check Your Zip

"1 in 3 Americans may face risk by mid-century as winds are projected to reach further inland, northward".

"Hurricane winds fueled by climate change will reach further inland and put tens of millions more Americans’ lives and homes at risk in the next three decades, according to a detailed new analysis released Monday.

The data from the nonprofit First Street Foundation comes as hundreds of people remain displaced across southwest Florida, five months after Hurricane Ian barreled across the state and killed nearly 150 people.

A Washington Post analysis of the group’s data found that nearly 30 million Americans in about 235 counties across 18 states in the contiguous United States, from Texas to New England, will face new threats from hurricane-force winds. A third of Americans could experience damaging gales by 2053, in places as far inland as Tennessee and Arkansas."

John Muyskens, Andrew Ba Tran, Brady Dennis, and Niko Kommenda report for the Washington Post February 27, 2023.

Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2023