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Floods are trapping Americans in more ways than one
When deciding where to live, Americans choose near the water. Close to 40 percent of the population lives in coastal counties even though they make up less than 10 percent of the nation’s land mass. The share of people living in the most hurricane-prone U.S. state — Florida — has nearly doubled since 1950. From July 2020 to July 2021, Florida had the largest net migration of any state.  But living near water puts people at risk of flooding from high tides, heavy rainfall, and destructive hurricanes. With climate change increasing flood risk, in some cases exponentially, people increasingly find themselves trapped with flood disasters looming. Flooding can trap communities and people

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