The designation gives the areas prioritized access to federal funding to strengthen their defenses against climate impacts and other hazards.
By Leslie Kaufman | Bloomberg
The three places are among 483 census tracts nationwide that the Federal Emergency Management Agency designated Wednesday as, giving them prioritized access to federal funding to strengthen their defenses against climate impacts and other hazards. In all, the designated tracts cover about 2 million people living in rural, urban and suburban areas.
Each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia has at least one community in the initial set of designations, made available in advance exclusively to Bloomberg Green. Unsurprisingly,, Texas and Florida — large states that regularly experience hurricanes and wildfires — have the highest number of zones per state, with 51, 35 and 32, respectively.
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