Florida hospitals are among the most vulnerable to flooding during hurricanes, but others along the East Coast and Gulf Coast are at risk, too
Hundreds of hospitals along U.S. coastlines are in danger of flooding when hurricanes strike, new research warns. And as sea levels continue rising, so will the flood risks.
They found that 147 hospitals, containing more than 40,000 beds, likely would flood in the event of a Category 1 hurricane. A Category 4 storm would put 306 hospitals at risk. While hurricane landfalls are less likely in the Northeast, the region’s populous cities mean that large numbers of people would suffer if its hospitals were to flood.
“We now have a better sense of which hospitals are likely to flood from a hurricane today and those that need to prepare for greater risks in the future,” said senior study author Aaron Bernstein, interim director of the Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, in a statement.
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