Communities struggle to prepare for extreme weather at the local level, research finds

Extreme storms like Hurricane Helene, which hit the Southeast in September and was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the last 50 years in the United States, are becoming more likely due to climate change. Yet many local governments are struggling to prepare for such storms or for the droughts, floods, heat waves, and other weather events they may face in the future, according to research conducted at Tufts.