Climate risks fuel US insurance costs, squeezing families
May 12, 2026
Washington DC [US], May 12: After Tony Dunn lost his home in a California wildfire, he moved to mountainous North Carolina to avoid more climate disasters. But his neighborhood was devastated in a hurricane six years later and insurance costs are climbing. He is among a growing number of US homeowners feeling the pinch from insurance as disasters linked to climate change reach them more frequently, even away from the coast.