Trump’s Reckless Cuts Have Left Us Unprepared for Hurricane Season
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CNN: FEMA is ‘not ready’ for hurricane season, internal agency review shows
Washington, D.C. — FEMA is not ready for hurricane season, which begins in just two weeks. Trump has recklessly gutted federal disaster response – slashing programs to prepare for disasters, cutting critical trainings for emergency managers, and making it harder for communities to receive federal aid.
Climate Power communications director Alex Glass issued the following statement:
“Trump’s reckless cuts to federal disaster aid have left us completely unprepared for hurricane season. As extreme weather disasters increase, insurance rates are skyrocketing, and Americans need help to rebuild. Trump is gutting the support communities rely on during a disaster and abandoning people to fend for themselves during a hurricane. American lives are on the line while Trump sows chaos and tweets about celebrities.”
Trump is recklessly gutting disaster response:
- Trump cut disaster-response training for local and state emergency managers.
- Trump has eliminated door-to-door canvassing in disaster areas by federal relief workers.
- Trump has gutted disaster relief, cutting roughly 20% of the staff responsible for preventing and responding to disasters.
- Trump wants to make it harder for communities to receive federal disaster aid.
- Trump gutted federal aid for communities to prepare for disasters.
- Trump ended the tracking of the most costly extreme weather events – those that cause over $1 billion in damage.