START WITH ASSESSING THE RISK TO YOUR OWN PROPERTY/COMMUNITY
“It’s important to know that the number and cost of weather and climate disasters are increasing in the United States due to a combination of increased exposure [more assets at risk], vulnerability [where we build, how we build], and that climate change is increasing the frequency of some types of extremes that lead to billion-dollar disasters,” NOAA’s Adam Smith said.
“A lot of development has taken place in vulnerable areas along the coasts, the wildland urban interface or in river floodplains.
Vulnerability is especially high where building codes are insufficient for reducing damage from extreme events.
Better understanding
of the risks for weather and climate-influenced hazards is becoming
increasingly important.”
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