The US states most at risk from climate crisis --new study

A new climate change risk index reveals the best states for Americans to escape the impacts of extreme weather like the recent devastating Category 4 Hurricane Helene.

Using data from independent scientific group Climate Central, the new risk index ranks 48 US states (Alaska and Hawaii are excluded due to lack of comparative data) according to the impact the climate crisis is likely to have on the population.

Nine out of 10 states predicted to experience the worst impacts from the climate crisis are in the American South, many of them coastal. The northeast is seen as the safest zone, with Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts taking the top three spots - though nowhere escapes all climate change impacts. 

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