Annual damages from high winds will rise by $1.5 billion to nearly $20 billion in 2053, according to the report, with damages rising the most — 87% — in the Northeast U.S. The Mid-Atlantic region will see the largest increase in maximum wind speeds, with maximum wind gusts in some places blowing up to 37 miles per hour faster. (Credit: Nick Hague/NASA) Annual damages from high winds will rise by $1.5 billion to nearly $20 billion in 2053, according to the report, with damages rising the most — 87% — in the Northeast U.S. The Mid-Atlantic region will see the largest increase in maximum wind speeds, with maximum wind gusts in some places blowing up to 37 miles per hour faster. (Credit: Nick Hague/NASA)

(Bloomberg) — Is it possible to predict exactly where the wind will blow? How about where it will blow 30 years from now?

The First Street Foundation, a nonprofit that works to define and communicate risks posed by climate change, reported it developed a model to assess "hyper-local climate wind risk" in the U.S. now and into the future.

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