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Arstechnica:
"As of Monday morning, if one wanted to grasp the historic nature of flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene in western parts of North Carolina and the surrounding areas, the logical place to begin is at the National Climatic Data Center.
This federal office maintains the world's largest climate data archive and provides historical perspective to put present-day weather conditions and natural disasters into context in a warming world due to climate change.
Unfortunately, the National Climatic Data Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina. "
CBS News: Federal funding cuts lead FEMA to cancel classes at National Fire Academy
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy courses were canceled amid a "process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities," according to a notice sent to instructors, students and fire departments. Instructors were told to cancel all future travel until further notice.
Firefighters, EMS providers and other first responders from across the country travel to the NFA's Maryland campus for the federally funded institution's free training programs."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-national-fire-academy-cources-cancellation/
"In four of the agency’s 122 weather forecasting offices around the country, there aren’t enough meteorologists to staff an overnight shift, according to the National Weather Service Employees Organization, a union representing agency workers. And at least several more forecast offices are expected to stop staffing an overnight shift as early as Sunday."
NBC: Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season
Trump also said he planned to distribute disaster relief funds directly from the president’s office.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-fema-wound-hurricane-season-rcna212307
LA Times: California FEMA earthquake retrofit grants canceled, imperiling critical work, Schiff says
The Onion: FEMA Chief Confused By Wind
‘How Come I Feel Something But Don’t See It?’ Asks Department Head
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Concerned that these articles need to exist.
TechCrunch: A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods
MSNBC: After helping GOP-led Texas, Trump admin denies FEMA aid to another Democratic-led state
The denial of federal money to assist Maryland’s flood recovery continues a trend of spurning devastated residents in states with Democratic governors.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/maryland-fema-aid-flooding-texas-trump-wes-moore-rcna220869