America’s Disaster-Free Zone Has a Dark Secret

Thank you to Opera for supporting PBS! To learn more about the Opera Browser you can check out their website: https://www.opera.com/ When you look at Federally declared disasters across the U.S., there’s a surprising blank spot in the Southwest region. What’s up with that? Is the Southwest really a safe haven from natural disasters? Or is there a more sinister explanation for this giant hole in the map? On this episode of Weathered, we talk to the folks who made this map, and some of the world’s leading experts on climate risk to find out what’s really going on. Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/PBSWeather... Weathered Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/wea... ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra ***** Subscribe to PBS Terra so you never miss an episode! https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 And keep up with PBS Terra on: Facebook:   / pbsdigitalstudios   Tiktok:   / pbsterra   Instagram:   / pbsterra