Majority of adults have been personally affected by extreme weather, climate change: poll

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BYJULIA SHAPERO- 04/22/23 6:48 PM ET

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Majority of adults have been personally affected by extreme weather, climate change: poll

FILE – The bridge leading from Fort Myers to Pine Island, Fla., is seen heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island, Fla., Oct. 1, 2022. Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a new study said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

The vast majority of U.S. adults have been personally affected by some form of extreme weather in the last five years, according to anew poll releasedon Saturday.

Seventy-one percent in the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said they had experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last five years.

The largest portions cited extreme hot weather…

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