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One Third Experienced Weather Disaster This Summer
One Third Experienced Weather Disaster This Summer
September 4, 2021 at 6:14 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 66 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/04/one-third-experienced-weather-disaster-this-summer/
"SNIP.....
“Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months,” the Washington Post reports.
“On top of that, 64 percent live in places that experienced a multiday heat wave — phenomena that are not officially deemed disasters but are considered the most dangerous form of extreme weather.”
Related: Let’s Call It What It Is: A Climate Crisis.
......SNIP"