Better data and assessment metrics and improved researcher involvement in communities are needed to understand and redress inequitable vulnerabilities to and recoveries from flooding.
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Low income communities of color in urban areas are more likely to experience extreme heat because of historically unequal policies and investment around development and zoning. A new, national effort hopes to identify and eventually address these "urban heat islands."