First-of-its-kind state-by-state analysis examines climate-preparedness levels in all states, revealing nation’s best and worst

General Overview: Steve Fleischli, Director, NRDC Water & Climate Program

Last week's enormous earthquake in Japan and the ripple effects it had - a tsunami, destruction at a nuclear power plant, deaths, injuries, and humanitarian needs - heighten our awareness of our vulnerability from earthquakes in the United States again. And areas along the Pacific Ocean are not the only ones at risk of a major catastrophe.

With more than 40 million people living and working in the central United States, a major earthquake could cause unprecedented disruption and devastation.