The new risk assessment study from First Street looks at climate risk across the country at a Zip Code level. It also looks at climate risk to this real estate and what it could do to home insurance. Some areas most threatened by climate events could have home insurance rates that double over the next three decades. One of the highest jumps will be in Fort Lauderdale, where the figure is forecast to rise by 122%
The firm created its models. “Analysis using the First Street Flood Model (FS-FM) reveals potentially dramatic increases in flood-related damages across various regions.”
The high-risk runs up the Atlantic coast to Atlantic City, where the forecast increase is 296%. Hurricane Sandy obliterated Atlantic City in October 2012, and the area has never completely recovered…