Flocking to Fire: How Climate and Natural Hazards Shape Human Migration Across the U.S. (Figure 1) (IMAGE)
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Where did Americans move over the last decade? Research shows that the top migration destinations (shown in red) all face significant climate risks, including cities and suburbs in the Pacific Northwest, parts of the Southwest (in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah), Texas, Florida, and a large swath of the Southeast (from Nashville to Atlanta to Washington, D.C.). In contrast, people tended to move away from places (shown in blue) in the Midwest, the Great Plains, and along the Mississippi River, including many counties hit hardest by hurricanes or frequent heatwaves, the study shows.
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M. Clark, G. Galford, E. Nkona
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