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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Gabrielle Canon

‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say

A person on a motorbike in front of a one-story home in flames.
The Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California, on 8 January 2025. Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts.

The first year of his second term was marked by crackdowns on climate science that produced world-class weather forecasts and the gutting of frontline federal agencies - policies that have left the country, already struggling to keep pace with severe storms, even more at risk.

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