(31 May 2025)
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ARCHIVE: Asheville, North Carolina – 27 September 2024
1. Various of the streets in Asheville under heavy floodwaters with debris due to Hurricane Helene
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Albany, New York – 21 May 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Corbosiero, meteorology professor, University at Albany:
“This year, that forecasts are not for a hyperactive season as we’ve seen for some of our recent seasons, but we know with a warming climate, forecasting above the long-term mean is always a safe bet.”
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ARCHIVE: Orlando, Florida – 10 October 2024
3. Wide of a flooded street
4. Various of emergency responders walking in floodwaters
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Albany, New York – 21 May 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Corbosiero, meteorology professor, University at Albany:
“That even if it’s not a hyperactive season, even it was a normal season, all it takes is one storm to make land fall for us to be in some really concerning times, especially considering all the proposed cuts that are being sort of tossed around right now.”
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ARCHIVE: Swannanoa, North Carolina – 1 October 2024
6. Various of search and rescue dog and handler searching for victims
7. Damaged home
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Boulder, Colorado – 21 May 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lori Peek, Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
“Already we know that thousands of personnel have been lost from FEMA and other partner agencies that are deeply involved in the preparedness and response phases of emergencies.”
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ARCHIVE: Lake Lure, North Carolina – 2 October 2024
9. Aerial shot of debris on Lake Lure after Hurricane Helene ++MUTE++
10. Various of debris on a lake and damaged buildings
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Albany, New York – 21 May 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Corbosiero, meteorology professor, University at Albany:
“The potentially active season and storms getting more intense with climate change, coupled with the proposed already the cuts to NOAA, lack of staffing and lack of data going into models and then moving into a season where potentially there won’t be a FEMA response, I think we don’t know what will happen because we’ve never been in this situation before but it’s very anxiety inducing to us.”
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ARCHIVE: Lake Lure, North Carolina – 2 October 2024
12. Various of debris on a lake and damaged buildings
13. Aerial shot of debris on Lake Lure after Hurricane Helene ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes.
Experts are alarmed over the large-scale staff reductions, travel and training restrictions and grant cut-offs since President Donald Trump took office in both the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which prepares for and responds to hurricanes, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which tracks and forecasts them.
Representatives of both NOAA and FEMA say the agencies are prepared.
About 2,000 full-time staff have left the agency since Trump took office in January, a loss of roughly one-third of the agency’s full-time workforce with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) mandated cuts. Scholars who study emergency management are concerned by both the reduction in capacity and the “brain drain” of experienced staff.
The federal government promises to be ready for hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
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