Since 2013, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Pennsylvania more than $375 million in relief for severe storms and flooding.
A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, which can fuel heavy rain events and flash floods.
By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania We met with four neighbors in Harrisburg’s Allison Hill to learn about climate effects.
The Antietam School District in Berks County, which lost one of its school buildings to a flash flood in July, is relocating its entire 6th grade to Albright College’s campus in Reading.
The analysis was created by the Center for Climate Integrity, an advocacy group that aims to hold polluters accountable.
The solar powered stations have a battery power backup and collect data on air and soil temperature, humidity, solar radiation, air pressure, wind speed and direction, rainfall and soil moisture.
The intense storms that cause flash floods are likely to become more common in Pennsylvania with climate change, and they’re happening outside historical floodplains.
By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania 