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At Least 170 U.S. Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk. Experts Say Trump Is Making It Worse.
About 170 U.S. hospitals face significant flood risks threatening patient care and emergency access as climate change intensifies storms, with one-third outside FEMA flood zones, KFF Health News found.
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At least 170 U.S. hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making It worse.
At many of these hospitals, flooding from storms has the potential to jeopardize patient care, block access to emergency rooms, and force evacuations. Sometimes there is no other hospital nearby.
·Billings, United States
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At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse.
About 170 American hospitals, totaling nearly 30,000 patient beds from coast to coast, face the greatest risk of significant or dangerous flooding, according to a months-long KFF Health News investigation. At many of these hospitals, flooding from heavy storms has the potential to jeopardize patient care, block access to emergency rooms, and force evacuations.
·Atlanta, United States
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