Amir AghaKouchak, a co-author, [professor] and civil engineer at the University of California, Irvine, told CNN that many parts of the country — including the St. Louis area and eastern Kentucky — are particularly vulnerable and need to make a lot of improvements to adapt to the rapidly changing climate. "In the US, in many of our cases, we are seeing that more extreme events are happening, which is an important factor that we need to consider," AghaKouchak said. "Our exposure has increased almost everywhere, because there's more development, more industries, buildings, people from all aspects, so our exposure has increased." Read More