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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Linley Sanders and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux

How Americans think the government should respond to natural disasters, according to recent polls

APTOPIX Extreme Weather Texas - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Most of the U.S. adults who have experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause, according to polling conducted earlier this year, before the deadly Texas floods.

But while Americans largely believed the federal government should play a major role in preparing for and responding to natural disasters, an analysis of recent AP-NORC polls shows less consensus about whether the government should be involved in combating climate change to try to keep extreme weather from getting worse.

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