As climate change fuels fiercer rains, a new report on 2010 Massachusetts floods sends a dire warning - Boston Globe

In the new analysis, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) found 96% of claims from the March 2010 flood came from outside of FEMA’s Special Flood Hazard Areas. Thank you to the Boston Globe for including our call for policymakers + planners to use up-to-date climate data to protect our communities from flooding.

“With climate change changing our precipitation patterns, we have a problem that the vast majority of us never think about,” said Executive Director Emily Norton. “We don’t think about the underground streams, we don’t think about the filled-in wetlands. Most planners rely on FEMA flood maps for decisions about where to build. But they’re nowhere near up to date with the precipitation that we know is already here, and coming.”