Americans are leaving many of the U.S. counties hit hardest by hurricanes and heatwaves, and moving towards dangerous wildfires and warmer temperatures even though wildfire and rising temperatures are projected to worsen. The top U.S. migration destinations over the last decade were Pacific Northwest cities and suburbs, parts of the Southwest (in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah), Texas, Florida, and a large swath of the Southeast (from Nashville to Atlanta to Washington, D.C.), locations already facing significant wildfire risks and relatively warm annual temperatures. Florida remained a top destination, despite a history of hurricanes and increasing wildfire. Clearly many either don’t know what’s coming, or don’t care.
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