Climate Change Update: Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web tool shows - Green House - USATODAY.com

Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web tool shows - Green House - USATODAY.com: "20 states that have experienced the worst extreme heat are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, as well as the District of Columbia. This means residents in the majority of these states and in D.C. experienced more than two weeks per summer of extreme heat that was worse than in past decades.

* All but two states had at least one county that experienced more than two weeks of summer days of extreme heat.

* About 81% of those states most vulnerable to extreme heat do not have heat-health adaptation plans (AL, AK, AZ, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, ID, KS, MA, MT, NV, NM, TX, UT, WY). This highlights the lack of climate-health preparedness in many locations.

* On the positive side, 19% (4 of 21) of states in the highest heat-vulnerability group (CA, NH, OR, WA) also have heat preparedness plans. Seven 'vulnerable' states have extreme heat climate preparedness plans already in place to help protect their residents' health (FL, ME, MD, NY, PA, VA, WI)."