Undisclosed: Fire And Flood Risk In The United States

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

There have been many climate-related disasters this year, and along with those events come a heavy emotional and financial toll for residents. But what NPR climate reporters Rebecca Hersher and Lauren Sommer have found is that most people don't realize their wildfire or flood risk — and that's putting millions in harm's way.

Additional Resources:
- Read Lauren and Rebecca's series, Climate Risk Hits Home.
- Reach out to us if you've tried to get information about the risk of floods or wildfires when moving to a new home.

Lauren and Rebecca are both on Twitter. You can follow them @lesommer and @rhersher to keep up with the latest climate news. We're always all ears for your climate inquiries and musings — email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:06.2	Maddie Saffy here with climate reporters were back at Herscher in Lauren's summer.
0:10.0	Hey y'all.
0:10.6	Hi.
0:11.0	Hey Maddie.
0:12.2	So I feel like we are totally out of words to describe the climate related
0:16.8	disasters this year.
0:18.2	It's been hurricane after wildfire after hurricane after wildfire.
0:23.6	Yeah, it's a lot.
0:25.0	We write about this for a living, you know, and I can definitely say that we are
0:28.9	just out of words.
0:30.0	It's been too much.
0:30.9	We have seen so many hurricanes.
0:32.7	We've seen record breaking wildfires.
0:34.8	Mm-hmm.
0:35.0	Tens of thousands of people have had homes damaged or destroyed this year.
0:40.0	And the costs, I mean, they're undeniable.
0:42.5	I mean, both emotionally for people and financially.
0:45.4	Yeah.
0:45.8	And it's really happening every year now that Rebecca and I are standing with
0:49.4	people in the wreckage of their homes and no one is prepared for how fast
0:53.6	their lives can change.
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