These US cities have the most homes at ‘climate risk’
Almost half of all homes in the U.S. are at severe or extreme risk of flood, hurricane winds, wildfires, heat and/or hazardous air quality. In the 2024 Housing and Climate Risk Report, Realtor.com looked at homes across the nation to analyze which cities had homes at the highest risk of those disasters, which the site calls climate risk. … About 9% of homes across the U.S. are at severe to extreme air quality risk. The San Francisco Bay Area tops the list. California’s frequent droughts, wildfires and heat waves are largely at fault. ”Shifts in environmental conditions, including extreme heat, drought, and wildfires, are amplifying the likelihood of heightened air pollution risk,” wrote analysts.