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New Measure of Climate’s Toll: Disasters Are Now Common Across U.S.

The New York Times · Christopher Flavelle · last updated

The rising toll of climate change across the United States has been measured in lives lost, buildings destroyed and dollars spent on recovery. But a report released on Wednesday uses a different measure: Which parts of the country have suffered the greatest number of federally declared disasters?

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