From FastCompany: This study shows where the highest concentration of FEMA disaster areas are, and it’s not where you think. Disasters along the coasts get all the exposure, but extreme storms are happening all the time in hot spots like Vermont, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.

“What the data tell us is that the frequency and severity of disasters at local-state scales is increasing with rural, suburban, and urban places being affected nationwide,” Susan Cutter, co-director of the Hazards Vulnerability and Resilience Institute at the University of South Carolina, said in an email. She wasn’t part of Chester’s research. “More needs to be done to enhance resilience to reduce their impacts on people.”