In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on Jan. 9, 2025. JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images
In recent years, natural disasters have hammered wide swaths of the United States. Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and other catastrophes have caused death and destruction and forced millions of people to flee their homes.
In the long term, those disasters have impacted the housing market and exacerbated housing shortages, insurance costs and rents.
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