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Aug. 17, 2022 on The Story: After two years in a row of deadly heat waves in the Pacific Northwest, what will the future bring? A new interactive model, Risk Factor, tries to show us just that. The site allows you to look at your own address and see how the likelihood of extreme heat, fires or floods will develop over the next 30 years as climate change continues to take its toll. While the Western U.S. generally has lower temperatures than other areas of the country, there are other factors to consider when it comes to determining how dangerous these changes will be in the years ahead.
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