Deep into a summer already marked by record-breaking summer temperatures across much of the United States and an unusually high number of deadly floods, from Texas to New Mexico and North Carolina to New Jersey, the nation’s most vulnerable groups face an unprecedented crisis. The federal agencies meant to predict, protect against and help rebuild after disasters are being gutted. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would cut funding for NOAA by almost half while shuttering the division that coordinates weather and climate research.

FEMA has already lost roughly one-third of its permanent staff, with the possibility that far more will leave the agency over the next two to four years. And although President Donald Trump seemingly stepped back from plans to abolish FEMA entirely

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