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Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

Weathering reductions at FEMA, NOAA

BY SETH BORENSTEIN and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press
Posted 6/6/25

With predictions for a busy hurricane season now underway, 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 at 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.

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