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#hurricane

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#US #weather #forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as #hurricane season nears
Thirty National Weather Service (#NWS) offices are without a chief #meteorologist
Some of these offices issue forecasts for major population centers such as New York City, Houston and Cleveland. Several are prone to #hurricanes and #tornadoes.
cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws

CNN · US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nearsBy Andrew Freedman
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Nonilex

Organizers of April's National #Hurricane Conference in #NewOrleans canceled several #FEMA-led sessions - including one aimed at helping #emergency managers make #evacuation decisions during #hurricanes - after FEMA staff dropped out due to the travel restrictions, said John Wilson, chair of the conference.

Wilson said the director of the NHC usually speaks at the conference about lessons learned from past hurricane seasons & shares forecasting model updates, but did not this year.

#Trump
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Nonilex

Since Feb 5, #FEMA staff have been barred from travel unrelated to #disaster deployment & other limited purposes. Since early March, staff must have their speaking engagements & presentation materials approved by the Office of External Affairs & Office of Chief Counsel, acc/to 2 internal memos.

Few speaking requests have been approved, leading the National #Hurricane Program to cancel some trainings for #emergency managers in #storm-prone areas or move them online.

#Trump#ExtremeWeather
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Nonilex

"The National #Hurricane Program continues to deliver readiness trainings ahead of the 2025 Hurricane Season to emergency managers nationwide with virtual trainings,” Noem’s stmnt cont.

Steve Still, the emergency manager for New Hanover County, a hurricane hotspot on North Carolina's Atlantic Coast, said online training, while useful, was less effective than in-person events.

"If there's any practical applications or exercises, you need in-person training," Still said.

#Trump#ExtremeWeather
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Nonilex

#FEMA's National #Hurricane Program & the National Hurricane Center typically conduct in-person workshops & presentations for state & local #emergency ofcls each spring to help them prepare for hurricane season.

These training sessions are used to share the latest data on hurricane modeling, build relationships between local, state & FEMA ofcls to improve coordination on #disaster preparedness & relief, & review evacuation routes & other planning measures.

#Trump#ExtremeWeather#Climate
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Nonilex

Leading forecasters predict a busier-than-average #Atlantic #hurricane season this year, with 17 named #TropicalStorms, including 9 hurricanes.

If state directors & local emergency managers are not briefed on the federal government's latest tools & resources, it will impact their ability to prepare for & warn communities of impending #storms, said Deanne Criswell, who headed #FEMA during President Joe #Biden's admin.

#ExtremeWeather#Climate#ClimateChange
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Nonilex

#FEMA cuts #emergency training under #Trump as #hurricane season looms

The #US federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state & local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, acc/to current & fmr ofcls, memos seen by Reuters, & 3 sources familiar w/the situation.

The training cutbacks will leave #storm-prone communities less prepared to handle the often devastating aftermath of #hurricanes.

#ExtremeWeather #Climate
reuters.com/business/environme

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Nonilex

#Trump fires head of #FEMA right before #hurricane season

Cameron Hamilton, the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was pushed out of the job on Thurs, acc/to several people familiar w/his departure. His ouster came 1 day after he told members of #Congress that FEMA — which Trump has suggested should be disbanded — was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” & should not be eliminated.

#ExtremeWeather #DisasterRelief #aid #Climate #law
nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/poli

Cameron Hamilton, center, during his run for a Congressional seat last year. He was appointed acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency soon after President Trump began his second term.
The New York Times · Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the AgencyBy Christopher Flavelle
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

On cusp of storm season, #NOAA funding cuts put #hurricane forecasting at risk
Tropical cyclone track forecasts are 75 percent more accurate than they were in 1990
A National Hurricane Center forecast three days out today is about as accurate as a one-day forecast in 2002, giving people in the storm’s path more time to prepare and reducing the size of evacuations.
Yet, cuts in staffing and threats to NOAA, #NHC, #NWS are diminishing operations that forecasters rely on.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

Ars Technica · On cusp of storm season, NOAA funding cuts put hurricane forecasting at riskBy The Conversation
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Eric Bender

FEMA quietly removes access to New England coastal erosion hazard tool

Planners and resilience experts say long-term erosion maps had been critical

commonwealthbeacon.org/environ

The Coastal Erosion Hazard viewer on the Federal Emergency Management Agency website "predicted erosion risk across the coast for the years 2030, 2050, and 2100, and until recently was publicly accessible."

Photo of sandy coast being deeply eroded. Posted without credit with Commonwealth Beacon story.
#climatechange#sealevelrise#coast
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

A busy #hurricane season is expected. Here’s how it will be different from the last
A warm -- yet no longer record-hot -- strip of waters across the #Atlantic #Ocean is forecast to help fuel development of 17 named #tropicalcyclones during the season that runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, according to Colorado State University researchers. Of those tropical cyclones, nine are forecast to become #hurricanes, with four of those expected to reach "major" hurricane strength.
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