VA Medical Centers Vulnerable To Extreme Weather As Climate Warms

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A Department of Veterans Affairs report identified hospitals in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Florida as most at risk for climate change-driven storms, flooding, wildfires and extreme temperatures that could damage facilities, cut staffing and hinder access to care.

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse

On July 19, 2022, a soupy, relentless heat smothered Muskogee, Oklahoma. By 4 in the afternoon, the temperature spiked to 106 degrees.

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