Climate change migration: Where people are moving to escape wildfires, extreme flooding, and record heat

• The power and frequency of natural disasters are prompting some Americans to move.
• Former residents of Arizona and New York said fires and flooding pushed them to new states.
• Residents are struggling with rising home-insurance premiums in Florida, California, and Colorado.

Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, wildfires, and dangerous heat, have increased not only in frequency, but also in intensity over the past few decades — and are predicted only to get worse.