Millions More US Homes Are at Risk of Flooding Than Previously Known, New Analysis Shows

Millions More US Homes Are at Risk of Flooding Than Previously Known, New Analysis Shows
Water floods the Midland Area Farmers Market and the tridge along the Tittabawassee River in Midland on May 19, 2020. Kaytie Boomer/MLive.com via AP
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Millions more properties than previously known across the United States are at substantial risk of flooding.

Those are the findings of a comprehensive new analysis by the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research and technology group that experts say has put together the fullest picture yet of the country’s growing vulnerability to flooding.