2019 Research Report by Climate Central and Zillow
Recent housing growth rates are faster in ten-year flood-risk zones in a third of all coastal states. This report was updated in July 2019 with new data.
- Connecticut is developing risk zones more than 3x faster than safer locations...
- New Jersey, Florida, and North Carolina have allowed the most homes built in risk zones, more than 9,000 since 2010
...Unchecked greenhouse gas emissions would expose 3.4 million existing homes worth $1.75 trillion to a 10% or higher annual risk of flooding by 2100
...The post-Sandy rebuilding was a striking example of a broader pattern..."
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