Washington Post – [unpaywalled] This article includes searchable databases as follows:
- Find your county’s climate risk. AlphaGeo, a climate modeling group, analyzed the risks in every county. Type in your county below to see which exist in your area.
- Figure out your state’s disclosure laws. More than one third of states don’t require sellers to disclose the flood risk of homes to potential buyers.
- Check insurance costs – Higher insurance premiums can reduce the value of your home. See how insurance premiums have been rising in your area.
Where to find more information about your home’s risk. The federal government offers several tools that can help you drill down on threats to your community.
- FEMA Risk Index: A national map that shows all types of hazards by county, expected losses from damage and how resilient communities are to disasters.
- Wildfire Risk to Communities: A lookup tool from the U.S. Forest Service that provides community-wide risk rating.
- NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer: Allows you to model sea-level rise scenarios through 2100.
- NASA Flooding Days Projection Tool: Predicts the number of days coastal areas will experience high-tide flooding annually.
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