Nearly a quarter of roads, hospitals, power stations, water treatment facilities and other critical infrastructure in the United States is at risk of becoming inoperable because of flooding, a study of the issue said Monday.
The study, by the First Street Foundation, examined the 30-year flood risk for every city and county nationwide and says many key pieces of infrastructure were found to be vulnerable.
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Researchers used flood threshold data to calculate the flood risk for the areas, the non-profit climate group said.
“Changing environmental conditions are driving worsening flood events, with consequences for counties, cities, towns, and local communities,” the study says.
“Individuals whose homes were spared the impact of a particular flood event are increasingly likely to find their local roads, businesses, critical infrastructure, utilities, or emergency services affected by flooding, indirectly threatening their quality of life, safety, and well-being.”
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The report identified Louisiana, Florida, Kentucky and West Virginia as the states with the greatest infrastructure risk from flooding. Louisiana, in fact, has six of the 20 most at-risk counties — and the nation’s most at-risk county in Cameron Parish.
Monday’s assessment found that nearly a quarter of all roads, stretching close to 2 million miles, are at risk of becoming impassable. One-fifth of all commercial properties, 17% of social infrastructure facilities and 14% of residential properties are also at risk.
Further, the risks are only expected to grow as a result of of climate change, the report’s authors said. For residential properties, the danger is projected to rise by 10% over the next 30 years; for roads, they say it will increase by 3%; and for commercial properties, the figure rises by 7% over the next three decades.
“As we saw following the devastation of Hurricane Ida, our nation’s infrastructure is not built to a standard that protects against the level of flood risk we face today, let alone how those risks will grow over the next 30 years as the climate changes,” First Street Foundation founder Matthew Eby said in a statement.
And fixing the problems will be costly, the study notes — but some experts say areas that are most vulnerable will see other costs if they don’t upgrade.
“Those cities that prove to not be climate resilient — they’re going to be at a disadvantage,” Matthew Kahn, professor of economics at the University of Southern California, told USA Today.
“They’re going to have brain drain.”
Congress is presently working on a large bipartisan bill to upgrade and repair U.S. infrastructure.
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Hold on now, are they saying some places flood and some have drought? Some places get cold and cold some get warm? Deny the climate hoax crowd whenever you can.
Well judging by the empty shelves at my grocery stores and Home Depot, the Biden mismanagement of the economy and covid has shut down more than 25% of our Infrastructure just to pay people to stay home, not work and buy the next election. Their entire party of fools are more dangerous to the American environment than anything seasonal accept their incoming seasons of discontent used to seize power.
This traitorous, socialist Democrat Party has become our country’s most destructive and deadliest ENEMY!!
We the People either destroy this traitorous, socialist Democrat Party or this traitorous, socialist Democrat Party will destroy our country. We the People will become servants, slaves and wards of this traitorous, socialist Democrat Party!
The traitors are doing a very good job at present of destroying themselves. Thank the founders for giving them the freedom to expose themselves and their impotence, like Anthony Weiner seeking an internet date, eventually getting found out to be the creeps they are.
ALL the while propping up our enemies, like china.
“As we saw following the devastation of Hurricane Ida, our nation’s infrastructure is not built to a standard that protects against the level of flood risk we face today, let alone how those risks will grow over the next 30 years as the climate changes,” First Street Foundation founder Matthew Eby said in a statement.
Come on guys—don’t sweat it. According to AOC, we only have about nine years left before we all perish.
“And fixing the problems will be costly, the study notes — but some experts say areas that are most vulnerable will see other costs if they don’t upgrade.”
Oh, ye, of little faith. The Great John Kerry has been appointed Climate Czar—he needs only to put on his Superman cape in any given crisis—and with a wave of his hand, all will be well. Bunch of doubters—what’s wrong with ya’?
I just found out superman is gay … no joke… I always suspected those blue tights and cape.
ggfilthy:
It is only a cartoon, a movie, the perverted woke writers can make it be anything they want. It is NOT real.
I get that Scruf…L.O.L. just poking fun at Son Of Thunder’s post and liar Kerry… at the same time pointing out how insane DC comic’s is for gaying up superman… another American hero obliterated and rewrote to further destroy who Americans are.
Have they not been claiming doom and gloom for 40+ YEARS NOW?? and how many of their predictions have actually came true?!
NOT A DAMN ONE>
and a comet could slam into Sodom & Gomorrah DC…(I hope) and destroy the cesspool swamp… I’m still waiting for the next ice age to kill everyone by 1995. These jackasses are so full of excrement by running around flailing their arms screaming the sky is falling the sky is falling it’s becoming a joke… what kind of moron even listens to these liars. Everything is “computer modeling” that’s overwhelmingly wrong most of the time… excrement junk science in … excrement junk science out. … why they can barley predict the weather 2 days in advance correctly. So let’s destroy the entire world economy killing millions by stopping the production of energy and advancing humanity so everyone can wallow in rotting filth … which by the way… is the only way to clean up the planet. I wonder how much this little nugget of dung “science” cost.
Reminds me of that most successful of con artists, one Albert V. Gore Jr. who made millions claiming that Florida would be awash by 2012. Since the “climate scientists” and “environmentalists” have careers (and salaries/benefits/tenure) based on the perpetuation of this agenda, nobody that the UPIs/APs, etc., of the world would dare get any contradiction because there is simply TOO MUCH MONEY IN IT.
Climate is always changing. It is measured in centuries. The climate alarmists/profiteers only using events over a human lifetime, and that’s all the average citizen can resonate with. It’s an easy play.
You know what really strips global warming terrorist gears … ask them what the average temp. of the planet should be. Should it be what it was before man? If so it needs to be about 25 degrees warmer.
“Scaremongers? Flooding Could Shut Down Nearly 25% Of U.S. Infrastructure, Climate Study Warns”
Oh, Yes, According the traitorous puppet president and the traitorous Democrat Party Congressional Cult, you must vote to approve the $5.4 trillion social infrastructure Bill or our world will come to an end. This will be added to the normal U.S. budget of about $4.5 trillion and the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 Bill.
The Democrat Party wants to put our country in debt $11.8 just this year alone!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁
The Dishonorable, Socialist Democrat Party game plan is to lie, cheat and steal elections in order to take total control of the American people, increase Taxes on everything and bring American commerce and economy to its knees.
Then access power and retain it by any means available –
no matter the costs to the people, the government or the nation.
This traitorous, dishonorable, dishonest, immoral, socialist Democrat Party has become our country’s most destructive and deadliest ENEMY!
Before Biden was elected I thought the biggest threat to the existence of the United States was the climate change kooks. Although he has taken over as the worst individual to ever hold presidential office, I am hoping Biden is more of a temporary threat (kind of like a bad hemorrhoid that eventually resolves) and when he is gone we can recover. But the climate change nuts will never give up because they are a religious cult, and no amount of facts to the contrary of their theories will deter them. Consequently they are still the biggest threat to the well being of our country in the long term.
No amount of Preparation H can cure that hemorrhoid!
Thing is even when he finally is pushing up daisy’s, i am not sure we’d be really rid of bidens influence
What influence… even stupid useless insane jackasses can one day become rich off of taxpayers money and President? Puppets can’t influence anyone… it’s the demons pulling the strings…. it’s already to late… one option left… it happened 245 years ago… we’re overdue by 45 years.
“They’re going to have brain drain.”
There’s already a brain drain. Everybody who has one is moving to Texas and Florida.
Congress is presently working on a large bipartisan bill to upgrade and repair U.S. infrastructure.
Of the $kazillion, maybe $100 will actually be used to improve roads and bridges.
Who can I trust to vote for? QUID Pro QUO Biden and the world renown artist Hunter Biden? Paul Ryan?
Seems doing “studies” makes a lot of money for those doing the studies, especially if they ratify the Left’s agenda.
So that means on the east coast everything from Washington DC north will be under water and the whole west coast could be under water and all these places are controlled by dummycrats. Who cares?
Florida, south carolina, and several other red states are on the east coast..