Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Last year's extreme weather across the U.S. - 2011 was the most expensive year ever for natural disasters - is raising concern among scientists and policy-makers about the nation's ability to withstand a shifting climate.
Damage from tornadoes, floods, droughts, hurricanes and wildfires caused more than $200 billion in losses and 1,000 deaths across the nation last year. Florida escaped major damage, but saw record high temperatures over the summer, after a much colder than normal winter.
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Can US ready for climate change?
Posted by Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Kate Spinner on January 26th, 2012
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