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Homes are surrounded by floodwaters from 2017's Tropical Storm Harvey, in Spring, Texas.
  • New tools from Realtor.com allow users to view a home's vulnerability to heat, wind, and air quality.
  • The tools let homeowners and buyers view risks today and projected impacts over the next 30 years. 
  • Climate risk leads to higher insurance costs in disaster-prone states like California and Florida.

The impact of the climate crisis looks different for every homeowner.

Realtor.com has unveiled a set of climate risk tools that homeowners and homebuyers alike can use to learn the specific climate risks of a property. The tools, called Heat Factor, Wind Factor, and Air Factor, are available starting Wednesday and can map out a neighborhood's risks of above-normal days on the heat index, chances of experiencing wind gusts over 50 mph, and days of poor air quality.