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New York State is vulnerable to increasing weather-driven power outages, with vulnerable people in the Bronx, Queens and other parts of New York City being disproportionately affected

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New York State is vulnerable to increasing weather-driven power outages, with vulnerable people in the Bronx, Queens and other parts of New York City being disproportionately affected

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New York State is vulnerable to increasing weather-driven power outages, with vulnerable people in the Bronx, Queens and other parts of New York City being disproportionately affected.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000364

Article Title: Powerless in the storm: Severe weather-driven power outages in New York State, 2017–2020

Author Countries: United States

Funding: This work was supported by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) P30 ES009089 (JAC), 5T32ES007322-22 (NMF), and P30ES007033 (JAC). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

 

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PLOS Climate

DOI

10.1371/journal.pclm.0000364

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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