Even a 1 percent chance of being in a wildfire is worth taking seriously.
Now, you can type an address into First Street’s
to see the organization’s fire risk rating for that property . The information will also be incorporated into Realtor.com.using government data on available fuels and weather patterns. Then it was able to simulate over 100 million wildfires to see which properties they might threaten.reports that one in six Americans now lives in a place with “significant” wildfire risk.as climate change makes the Western US hotter and drier.
and First Street both warn. In 30 years, about one in five Americans will live in areas with significant risk.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
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