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Extensive floodwaters submerged farms and towns all across the Midwest in 2019. They also 

 contaminated with radioactive waste and toxic chemicals, according to the Associated Press. The Environmental Protections Agency had to respond quickly to prevent the pollution from spreading. 

The agency was successful, but it wasn’t so lucky in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey caused flooding that breached a Superfund site in Houston and washed 

Last year, a federal report warned such scenarios could become more common as the sea level rises and climate change increases extreme weather. It listed 945 Superfund sites that are vulnerable to such effects of global warming, including 

So how is the state managing its Superfund sites with climate change in mind? Frank Kohlasch, climate director of the 

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The federal government says 945 Superfund sites are vulnerable to climate change-fueled floods, storms and fires, putting nearby communities at risk of contamination.

Climate change puts hundreds of toxic Superfund sites at risk

Highlands Acid Pit on Thursday, August 31, 2017

Climate change puts hundreds of toxic Superfund sites at risk

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