How Connecticut Is Trying to Fix Flood Risk Maps
Also: China tightens its air pollution rules
US flood maps were created for a different climate, a move that masks the real risk for many communities today. To help residents get a grip on how exposed their properties are, Connecticut is serving up a risk-mapping tool for floods and other calamities.
Today’s newsletter looks at how Connecticut’s experiment is being received. Plus, China is tightening its air pollution rules, and why AI weather models weren’t better at predicting New York’s biggest snowstorm in a decade.