As millions of people are dealing with extreme heat waves across the country, President JoeBiden plans to address the soaring temperatures and climate change.
Biden is expected to announce a plan Thursday to address extreme heat conditions, including more investments in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve weather forecasting and grants through the Department of Interior to increase the supply of clean drinking water. Biden will also be briefed by NOAA and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on the steps being taken to protect Americans affected by the extreme heat.
This all comes after more than a third of the United States is on alert after a deadly heat wave has affected the country for weeks. Heat alerts from the National Weather Service are now in effect for 120 million people across 27 states. The heat wave is now hitting the middle of the country, with temperatures near or above 100 degrees in cities like Des Moines, Iowa, Minneapolis, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
In the letter, lawmakers mentioned the recent heat-related deaths of two workers in Texas: one a U.S. Postal Service employee who died while on the job in 115-degree heat and an electrical worker who likely died from heat exhaustion. Reps. Ruben Gallego , Sylvia Garcia , and Mark Amodei introduced the bipartisan Extreme Heat Emergency Act last month that would add high temperatures to FEMA’s list of major disasters, which would then allow the agency to supply federal aid to combat the problem.
Currently, disasters that qualify for FEMA aid are tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tidal waves, snowstorms, and earthquakes. Many voters at Gallego’s town hall in Maricopa County, the state’s most populous area, said dealing with the extreme temperatures is among their No. 1 issues.
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