President Joe Biden announced five new actions to “address extreme weather, including heat and other hazards,” while speaking at the Emergency Operations Center in Washington on July 2.
“Extreme weather events don’t just affect people’s lives, they also cost money,” he said. “They hurt the economy, and they have a significant negative psychological effect on people.
“Last year, the largest weather-related disasters cost over—get this—$90 billion in damages in America.”
Calling attention to the “nearly 2.5 million people” displaced in 2023 because of weather-related disasters, the president emphasized the threat extreme weather poses to transportation systems, power grids, farms, fisheries, and forests....
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