Analysis: How various American cities are poised to deal with climate disasters

Advice | See if your city is poised to bounce back from the next climate disaster Communities across the United States face extreme weather, but some are prepared to thrive. Find out how your city ranks. Washington Post

How do you pick a safe place to live? Climate scientists predict an intensifying barrage of hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, flooding and sea-level rise in many places. These disasters are already threatening, and even demolishing, homes.

But risk is not all. Resilience, the capacity to rebound from adversity, can matter just as much. Climate modeling firm AlphaGeo analyzes 28 factors, from life expectancy to infrastructure spending, to assess a location’s true vulnerability.

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