Climate change has been on the minds of people for sometime now and has become the go to topic for many in casual conversations. What is far more real is the effect it will have on how and where people live, something that is spoken of much less. The United States is seen as the champion of the fight against climate change, at least in terms of its rhetoric in this regard. An interesting reason why could be the fact that there are multiple large cities in the U.S.A that are threatened due to climate change. Some in Florida are likely to go under water while others like Phoenix, Arizona face incessant heatwaves as well.
This has led to many environmentalists and economists to reach the conclusion that threatened major cities will most likely be devastated by rising sea levels and heat waves first and economic collapse next. As apocalyptic as that might sound, the same assessment adds that mid-sized cities in geographically safer locations further away from the coastline are likely to face fewer issues. Smaller metro cities on the other hand are likely to benefit from a shift in the population and economic growth towards them. Nevertheless, the harmful implications and loss of resources can’t be ignored.
Here are 10 American cities likely to suffer the worst in the next few decades:
1. San Francisco, California.
2. Cape Coral, Florida.
3. New York, N.Y.
4. Long Island, N.Y.
5. Oakland, California.
6. Phoenix, Arizona.
7. Tucson, Arizona.
8. Wilmington, Delaware.
9. West Palm Beach, Florida.
10. North Port, Florida