Population in hurricane-prone coastal areas from North Carolina to Texas has increased by 163% since 1960 due to people’s desire to live near water, advances in building technology, and federal flood insurance. Some areas, like Homestead, Florida, have seen significant population growth, while others, like New Orleans, have decreased. Florida, Texas, and Louisiana are the most hurricane-prone areas in the US.
Since 1960, the population in the hurricane-prone coastal region from North Carolina to Texas has grown from 14 million to 36 million in 2010, an increase of 163%. Experts attribute this growth to many people’s desire to live near beaches and water, ignorance of the devastation hurricanes can cause, and advances in building technology that make homes and buildings more resilient to natural disasters. In the United States, federal flood insurance also alleviates some of the financial risk of buying or building a home in hurricane-prone areas by encouraging people to take a risk living in a community that may be at risk of a natural disaster.
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Homestead, Florida suffered significant damage during Hurricane Andrew of 1992, and between 1992 and 2010, the city’s population more than doubled.
The most hurricane-prone areas in the United States are Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. Since 1851, 113 hurricanes have visited Florida, while Texas and Louisiana have experienced 63 and 55 hurricanes, respectively.
Not all hurricane-prone areas experience population increases. New Orleans’ population decreased by 25 percent between 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina hit the city, and 2010.
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