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Rising Floods, Cuts To FEMA And Future Chaos : Fresh Air

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ProPublica Editor-at-Large Abrahm Lustgarten says the deadly flooding in Central Texas — which has killed over 130 people — underscores the dangers of a more volatile climate. Despite clear scientific evidence, the federal government has made cuts to research and forecasting, even threatening to dismantle FEMA. "We could talk about the floods in Texas as being an early warning sign of policy degradation to come," he says. "And we can expect to b…

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President Donald Trump’s defense of the federal reaction to the catastrophic floods that devastated Texas on July 4 has been continuous, effusive and, for those who remember his responses to natural disasters in the past, perhaps surprising. “I admire them and consider them heroes,” he told officials who guided him on his visit to Kerr County, the zero area of flooding that has left 134 dead and 101 missing for now. That same day he approved the…

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