Rising sea levels brought on by climate change could leave $ 882bn worth of US property at risk if it continues at its current pace , warns real estate website Zillow . This follows a report , which we noted in March , from the journal ' Nature ' which suggested sea levels could rise as much as 6 ft by the end of this century . The worst - case - scenario could see it lose around 10 million houses , equivalent to 13 % of its present stock , at a current value of $ 400 million - excluding public infrastructure and commercial buildings and not accounting for future property losses .
Rising sea levels brought on by climate change could put $882bn worth of US homes at risk if it continues at its current pace, warns real estate website Zillow. This follows a report, which we noted in March, from the journal 'Nature' which suggested sea levels could rise as much as 6ft by the end of this century. The worst-case-scenario could see Florida lose around one million houses, equivalent to 13% of its present stock, at a current value of $400m - excluding public infrastructure and commercial buildings and not accounting for future property values.