US legislators turn to Louisiana for experience on climate change impacts to infrastructure
This summer — as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from
While the human toll of these extreme weather events is at the forefront, the cost burden and questions about how to prepare for the future are also being considered.
Lawmakers on the
Gov.
"We've experienced significant devastation in our recent history — from hurricanes, floods, sea level rise, subsidence, coastal land loss, habitat degradation and extreme heat," Edwards said about
Extreme weather events have made news around the globe, with scientists pointing to human-caused climate change. Over the past two decades,
In 2020, five storms — including hurricanes Laura and Delta — struck
The next year, Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Claudette left behind
"What is tough to think about is that there were investments that could have been made that would have prevented much of the cost and human toll," Edwards said. "We as a nation simply must make more of those types of investments.
Hurricane Katrina's overall damage was about 193.3 billion in current dollars, making it the costliest storm in
Since then,
Edwards said while the investments may be "expensive, it pales in comparison to the cost of inaction."
Experts say
"As this country embarks on a new era of infrastructure investment, we have to ask ourselves some difficult questions,"
Edwards urged members of
"Too many people in
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