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Nearly 500 Neighborhoods Prone to Climate Disasters Will Get Extra Money for Resilience

Scientific American · last updated

Nearly 500 U.S. neighborhoods vulnerable to climate change have been selected to receive special help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and potentially other federal agencies, FEMA said Wednesday.

FEMA’s selection of 483 “Community Disaster Resilience Zones” marks the first time the agency has targeted a group of small, at-risk neighborhoods for extra money and assistance addressing climate change.

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