When we think of flooding brought on by climate change, the recent deadly flooding in Pakistan or July’s catastrophic flash floods in Texas might come to mind. But the danger is also much closer to home.
Intense floods have hit our region, as well, including a deadly one in central New Jersey in July. Philadelphia just endured one of its muggiest summers on record. That humid air fuels storms that dump more rain, faster — potentially turning neighborhoods into sudden disaster zones.
Read the full Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
