Choose your region

Looking for official resources by state? Choose your state or territory. Regional choices below focus on broad environments, not state boundaries.

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• Northeast / New England

  Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, northern New York

  Long cold winters, nor'easters, coastal hurricanes, and many homes that heat with oil.

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  Southeastern Connecticut: New London County and the shoreline. Oil heat, coastal storms, and the Millstone emergency planning zone.

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• Mid-Atlantic

  New York City and Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia

  Humid summer heat, hurricanes and flash floods, and ice storms that bring down power lines.

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• Southeast & Gulf Coast

  The Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Gulf Coast Texas

  Hurricanes, storm surge, and flooding, with a long season of dangerous humid heat.

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• Midwest / Great Lakes

  Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri

  Blizzards and deep cold, tornadoes, derechos, and summer heat waves.

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• Great Plains

  North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, inland Texas

  Tornadoes, blizzards, ice storms, extreme heat, and long distances between towns.

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• Mountain West

  Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, northern Nevada

  High altitude, severe cold, wildfire and its smoke, and remote communities.

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• Desert Southwest

  Arizona, New Mexico, southern Nevada, west Texas, the southeastern California desert

  Extreme heat is the deadliest threat. Monsoon storms bring flash floods and dust.

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  Tucson, AZ: Pima County. Summer heat above 110°F, monsoon rain, and a Colorado River supply under shortage.

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• Pacific Northwest

  Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho panhandle

  Earthquake and tsunami risk, winter storms, wildfire smoke, and rare but deadly heat waves in homes without air conditioning.

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• California

  California (outside the southeastern desert)

  Earthquakes, wildfires and smoke, planned power shutoffs, and inland heat.

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• Alaska

  Alaska

  Extreme cold, earthquakes, and communities supplied by barge, air, or a single road.

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• Hawaii

  Hawaii

  Hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic hazards, with almost everything arriving by ship.

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