According to new reports, the rise of major floods caused by climate change has reportedly shifted the way Americans are migrating across the country.
A study published in the Nature Communications journal Monday alleges that more than 7 million U.S. residents moved away from flood-prone regions during the first two decades of the 21st century.
Risk analysis firm First Street Foundation purports these migratory patterns can be observed on a block-by-block level in high-risk cities given most Americans’ propensity to move locally.
As a result, popular sea-level cities like Miami that are still expected to grow in population over the next decades are predicted to experience micro-migration patterns that will see their most flood-prone blocks drop in population while the overall number of residents rises.
