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Trump cuts probably hindered warning process for Alaska storm that displaced hundreds, experts say

Reductions in weather balloon launches could have degraded forecasts that residents depend on to prepare

The Guardian - US

Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows

LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says

The Guardian - US

20 years ago Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The Trump administration couldn’t handle a storm of that size, say its own employees

A shake up at FEMA, layoffs, and the Trump administration’s turn away from climate science leave us in a position, experts say

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‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid

As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to Fema

The Guardian - US

As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming

Lawmakers plan to hear testimony Thursday in Kerr County. Questions remain about how state and local entities responded to flood warnings.

The Texas Tribune

Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn

Trump’s ‘cuts and chaos’ to agencies are opposite of what’s needed for era of worsening weather disasters, experts say

The Guardian - US

Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms

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Trump cuts will lead to more deaths in disasters, expert warns: ‘It is really scary’

Layoffs and funding cuts to Fema and Noaa will impact how they predict and respond to disasters, warns professor Samantha Montano

The Guardian - US

‘Setting us up for catastrophe’: alarm at Trump attack on federal disaster agency

The president is now setting his sights on Fema, the agency responsible for helping Americans after major disasters

The Guardian - US

‘A flood of disinformation’: rumors and lies abound amid Los Angeles wildfires

Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and death

The Guardian - US

Project 2025 would ‘unequivocally’ lead to more hurricane deaths, experts warn

Manifesto calls for drastic cuts to federal forecasting of severe storms and aid given to shattered towns and cities

The Guardian - US

Helene-ravaged areas will feel health effects for years: ‘It’s unprecedented’

Fallout from damaged infrastructure – as well as rampant misinformation – will plague communities

The Guardian - US

Bungled messaging over Ohio train crash allowed chaos to reign

Gary Stevenson, the mayor of Paulsboro, New Jersey, is still troubled by the disastrous messaging that surrounded a dangerous train derailment in his town more than a decade ago. The communications meltdown now troubling Norfolk Southern Corp. is worse.

Tribune News Service

Americans learn skills to survive the climate crisis – in a wilderness course

Societal breakdown has not arrived, but the contours of such a collapse aren’t too hard to imagine – which is why some are taking part in a survival course

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