Millions Of Americans Exposed To Climate-Related Risks This Summer

For millions of Americans, this summer has been marked by climate-related risks. USA Today reported in July that 40 million people from Washington to Arizona were facing an excessive heat warning while in the Eastern US, around 32 million people were under a flood watch during the same period. Meanwhile, wildfires in California continue to steal the spotlight, though a fire near Yosemite National Park has now been contained, according to news reports. “Especially in the Western US, we’re seeing that wildfires are increasing in severity and the wildfire season is getting longer than it has been in past years,” said Martha Bane, managing director of Gallagher‘s property practice, adding that, in the 1970s, the season lasted somewhere between two and a half to three months.