“About two-thirds of the 79 installations addressed in this report are vulnerable to current or future recurrent flooding and more than one-half are vulnerable to current or future drought. About one-half are vulnerable to wildfires,” according to the report.
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Mandated by the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the report assessed “significant vulnerabilities from climate-related events in order to identify high risks to mission effectiveness on installations and to operations.”
The report found Wright-Patterson has the following risks:
• The base does not have a current risk for recurrent flooding, but it does has a potential risk for recurrent flooding.
• The base has a current risk for drought and a potential risk in the future for drought.
• The base does not have a current risk for desertification, and it does not have potential risk for it in the future.
• The base has a current risk for wildfires and a potential risk for wildfires in the future.
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