MAINE PUBLIC • August 14, 2025
Nuka Research and Planning Group is a company contracted by state to help local emergency leaders establish plans to keep people safe from harmful heat and cold. Heat waves are the deadliest form of extreme weather, killing more people in the U.S. every year than hurricanes, floods, or winter storms according to the National Weather Service. Extremely dangerous heat that's still unusual in Maine. But emergency officials across the state are already planning for a future where they’re responding to temperature spikes as silent natural disasters.