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Top 15 US Metros With Exposure to Wildfire Risk


Nearly half of US homes at severe or extreme 'climate risk,' report says

Metro areas with greatest value of homes at wildfire risk ... While the pricey L.A. market tops the dollars at risk list, Colorado, Arizona and ...

Application of Wildfire Mitigation to Insured Property Exposure - NAIC

... America Wildfire HD Models support 15 wildfire ... well-built wildfire resistant structures happen where the wildfire risk is greatest in. Upper ...

Examining the Health Impacts of Short-Term Repeated Exposure to ...

... risk from wildfire-generated smoke exposure) to specifically identify gaps within that framework. The research will be designed to best address those gaps.

Confronting the Wildfire Crisis - USDA Forest Service

Our work on the landscape will reduce exposure to wildfire for the 41 communities in 5 counties at highest risk within the Plumas National Forest, as well as ...

Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics - AirNow.gov

The US Air Quality Index (AQI) is EPA's tool for communicating about outdoor air quality and health. The AQI includes six color-coded categories.

Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke

... wildfire risk leads to an overall decrease in smoke exposure. The ... For a week or so, cities on the West Coast broke into the top-10 ...

More Americans are moving into flood and fire hot spots

... 15 years. “That outweighs the risks.” A possible shift in ... risk from wildfires — saw a net loss of more than 12,000 people. In ...

Asthma Capitals - Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America | AAFA

Our report looks at how challenging it is to live with asthma in the top 100 most-populated U.S. cities. ... Over the past 15 years, there have been moderate ...

Wildfire Risk Fuels New Challenges for U.S. Communities - Aon

In the face of increased risk from climate events, and especially for operations located in areas of higher exposure, an organization's approach ...

Los Angeles, Riverside metro areas rank highest for wildfire risk

The Los Angeles/Orange counties region tops the list, with an estimated 121,589 homes at risk and potential reconstruction costs of $71 billion, ...

The 9th National Risk Assessment: The Insurance Issue

Wildfire risk is increasing across the US, with recent historic ... the increasing exposure to wildfire risk in a changing climate. The ...

Wildfire exposure to the wildland urban interface in the western US

15. Fig. 4. Structure exposure of the top 50 communities in the western US to wildfire ignited on. 243 national forest land by state based on number of ...

14 North America - IPCC

US-NE) is exposed to high risk by combined effects of land subsidence and ... temperature-crime hypothesis: evidence from a sample of 15 large US cities, 2002.

Cleanest Cities | State of the Air - American Lung Association

Ozone and particle pollution are both linked to increased risk of premature birth and lower birth weight in newborns. Particle pollution exposure from wildfire ...

Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global ...

WHO regions showing the highest PAFs for all-cause mortality were Central America ... Mortality in US hemodialysis patients following exposure to wildfire smoke.

Austin ranks fifth for wildfire risk among U.S. metro areas, report says

Los Angeles tops the list of at-risk metropolitan areas, with over 245,000 homes facing moderate or greater wildfire risk. Metro Analysis: ...

Rare and highly destructive wildfires drive human migration in the U.S.

In recent decades, wildfire destruction of the built environment has grown dramatically, posing a growing threat to human settlements across the ...

10 Tips to Prevent Wildfires | U.S. Department of the Interior

10 Tips to Prevent Wildfires. 05/15/2023. Nationally, almost nine out of 10 wildfires are caused by humans. These preventable wildfires threaten lives, ...

Fifth National Climate Assessment - U.S. Global Change Research ...

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government's preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses.

USFS report ranks NCW communities by wildfire risk | Columbia Basin

Annual burn probability across the states of Washington and Oregon and exposed human communities in each state, as featured in a new report from ...