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Funding to protect American cities from extreme heat just evaporated
NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped cities better understand their struggles with heat — and deploy solutions for keeping residents safe.
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Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’
Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years.
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![A man surveys the remains of the home where his father and step-mother lived. They were among those killed when a tornado hit London, Kentucky.]()
![A man surveys the remains of the home where his father and step-mother lived. They were among those killed when a tornado hit London, Kentucky.]()
The Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over weather service warning systems
Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
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![Photo of an AmeriCorps worker with a hard hat cleaning up debris]()
After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?
Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.
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The government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk
Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. Now what will they do?
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![Two people stand near a large sinkhole with caution tape in front of a blue house]()
Sinkholes and the people who love them
As climate change makes sinkholes more common, more and more people are finding "a love of all things holey."
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FEMA is ending door-to-door canvassing in disaster areas
As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors in disaster areas.
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![Cameron Hamilton, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies to members of Congress.]()
![Cameron Hamilton, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies to members of Congress.]()
The head of FEMA defended the agency on Capitol Hill. Trump fired him.
FEMA’s shake-up follows the cancellation of key climate resilience programs and growing uncertainty over the agency’s future.
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Why are all of America’s biggest cities sinking?
A new study finds that the country's 28 most populous metros are losing elevation, from New York City to Seattle.
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Coming this summer: Record-breaking heat and plenty of hurricanes
Forecasters are predicting higher temperatures across the U.S. and up to 10 hurricanes. Cutting federal programs could leave people even more vulnerable.
