Check out these tools to see what climate risks your home faces

Two new tools have been launched today to allow Americans to assess the potential dangers that climate change could bring to their homes in the future. Each online tool assesses harsh conditions that could potentially affect a property or neighborhood in the coming years — ranging from heatwaves to wildfires, floods, and more.

First Street Foundation is a non-profit research organization Announced today that a “Pro” edition of its Risk Factor tool is now available to the public. Before today, users could only visit riskfactor.comYou can search for a specific address to see the ratings of how likely it is that your property will be affected by flooding, heat and other hazards. Wildfires. Users who sign up for the Risk Factor Pro account are eligible to unlock additional perks. Access to detailed flood, fire, or heat maps is one of these perks. There are also calculators that can estimate the cost of repairs and how long it will take to complete them. This tool provides information about risks today, 15 years and 30 years later for different events. You can also find more unusual hazards Even the worst-case scenario is possible

After creating an account, individuals can only unlock those “Pro” features for one property for a year. They can either keep their account current for the same property the following year or use it on another property. It costs $100 to get the same insight on multiple properties. That’s still a great deal cheaper than commercial accounts, which cost upward of $100,000 a year for companies, such as real estate firms looking for unlimited access. First Street also says it’s working with local governments and communities to help them get the climate risk data they’re looking for, too.

Urban planners also have the option to use this resource. Another tool that could be used is the “Alternative Tool” DebutedToday is the Climate Risk and Resilience PortalClimRR is short for Climate and Weather Reporting. The Portal creates maps and reports about temperature, precipitation and wind for all locations in the United States and Alaska. You can zoom in up to 12 kilometres and view projections for the middle or end of the century.

ClimRR provides forecasts for future conditions. Climate models are used for two different scenarios: a “pessimistic” scenario with pollution from burning fossil fuels continuing to grow; and an outcome in which those greenhouse gas emissions peak around 2040 before falling. The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory developed ClimRR with FEMA and AT&T. The telecommunications company Argonne commissionedIn the past, to assess the threat extreme weather poses for its infrastructure. Argonne expects to add data on flooding and wildfire risk to the new tool “in the coming months.”

Already, Americans are suffering the consequences of climate change. Drought widespreadThat raises the risk of wildfire. Rising sea levels inundating coastal communities. ClimRR or Risk Factor tools might be able give residents and policymakers an early warning of rising risks. You can’t prepare for a threat if it is not obvious.