Weather & Science
Hurricanes Moving Farther North to Pummel Millions More Homes in US
Shifting weather patterns influenced by climate change will push strong storms up the East Coast, increasing wind speeds and damages from gusts, according to new research.
A destroyed house following Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct. 4, 2022.
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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, says it has developed a model to assess “hyper-local climate wind risk” in the US now and into the future, in a report released Monday.