Americans are abandoning parts of the country hardest hit by hurricanes and heatwaves — only to relocate towards dangerous wildfires, say a ten-year University of Vermont study of migration patterns.Mahalia Clark, the 's lead author, called it 'troubling' that between 2010 and 2020 Americans relocated to areas prone to woodland and brush fires that would only become more frequent as the planet warms.'These findings are concerning, because people are moving into harm's way — into regions with wildfires and rising temperatures, which are expected to become more extreme due to ,' said Clark.
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