Becker's Healthcare December 30, 2024
While southern states continue to recover from the devastation caused by flooding after Hurricane Helene in September, hospitals are beginning to grapple with future flood risks. Twenty Tennessee hospitals currently exist on or near flood plains, according to a Dec. 30 report in The Tennesseean.
The at-risk hospitals are located across the state in both rural and urban areas. Built between five to 50 years ago, eight are located in moderate- or high-risk flood zones and 12 are located right outside of flood zones, the report found.
Flood risk zones have been designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and are “largely outdated and don’t account for current or future conditions” brought on by climate change, underestimating actual flood...
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