Trump cuts expose US to El Niño risks, experts warn
The gist
The Guardian reports Trump's cuts to NOAA have stalled US climate research and extreme-weather response.
Experts say the gaps matter as a powerful El Niño unfolds this winter.
How it unfolded
- 2025The administration cut funding for the National Climate Assessment.
- Jul 4, 2026 weekendMore than a dozen of the 29 heat-related deaths in New Jersey over the holiday weekend were unhoused people, which the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness called a "mass casualty event."
- Early Aug 202650 people in Maryland had died of heat-related causes, breaking the state's record.