Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com Extreme weather events such as flash floods, intense heat waves, and rising temperatures, all could become more frequent and severe in Pennsylvania by mid-century if current trends continue, according to a recent report. “No one can expect Pennsylvanians’ lives to stay as they are now,” Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell said. The Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment is a report the DEP produces every three years, as directed by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act (Act 70) of 2008. The report is ...