Hurricanes cause billions of dollars in damage annually in the United States and are projected to increase in intensity in the coming years. By exploring historical patterns of hurricanes and exposure of these hurricane-force winds across the landscape, areas of potentially high threat to future hurricane winds can be revealed. Combining potential threats from hurricane winds with forest data reveal the areas with the greatest potential threats to this important resource. Not surprisingly, most of the threats to forests occur in the Southeast, but the greatest threats to urban forests overall occur along the Northeast coast and in metropolitan centers in the Southeast. Overall, 4.6% of the nation’s rural forest basal area is within zones of the highest risk from hurricane winds. Information on regional and local scale variations in hurricane risk can be used to aid policies and local forest management to improve forest health and sustainability.

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美国农村和城市森林的潜在飓风风险

飓风每年在美国造成数十亿美元的损失，预计未来几年的强度会增加。通过探索飓风的历史模式和这些飓风在整个景观中的暴露，可以揭示对未来飓风的潜在高威胁的区域。将飓风带来的潜在威胁与森林数据相结合，揭示了对这一重要资源的潜在威胁最大的地区。毫不奇怪，对森林的大部分威胁发生在东南部，但总体而言，对城市森林的最大威胁发生在东北海岸和东南部的大都市中心。总体而言，全国 4.6% 的农村森林基底面积位于飓风风险最高的区域内。