Waves of #rain & #thunderstorms are expected to continue over portions of the #South this week, with forecasters warning of #FlashFlooding alongside other threats that accompany severe weather, especially across #Texas, #Louisiana & #Mississippi. In Texas, a search-&-rescue effort recovered the body of a 10-year-old girl who was swept away by floodwaters on Monday.
As #Trump makes drastic #cuts to #FEMA, a #Texas girl is swept away by #flood & the #South faces more #SevereStorms
Forecasters warn a slow-moving #storm system is expected to bring heavy #rain, #thunderstorms & #FlashFlooding from Texas to #Mississippi.
#NOAA #DOGE #Musk #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #NaturalDisasters #EmergencyAid
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/weather/texas-mississippi-storms-flooding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A7E0D17B-CCE0-4773-A0CA-7F9B54092107
#Trump was always gunning to end #FEMA. Now, he’s denying disaster relief to red states https://www.fastcompany.com/91327747/trump-was-always-gunning-to-end-fema-now-hes-denying-disaster-relief-to-red-states
#Trump’s #FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in #Disaster Areas
As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide #aid to #survivors in disaster areas, per a memo obtained by WIRED.
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #flood #hurricanes #tornado #wildfires #NaturalDisasters
https://archive.is/2025.05.05-194400/https://www.wired.com/story/fema-ending-door-to-door-canvassing-disaster-areas/
Trump's big budget cuts will devastate a lot of people while giving Musk $1 billion for his Mars pet project. Unless you are a multi-millionaire, you will feel them or the effects of them and your safety will be at risk. This is not hyperbole. The cuts are listed below in the PDF
Big cuts to #NOAA, heating and housing programs, #Medicare (they say won't affect beneficiaries BS), #CISA, #FEMA, #FAA radar upgrades, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, Public Housing, Project-Based Rental Assistance, Housing for the #Elderly, and #Housing for Persons with #Disabilities (27 billion dollars just in tenant-based rental)
We're not even talking about the stuff that affects middle class and above. They are in the list, too, and numerous.
The cuts are too catastrophic to list. The PDF below has all of them listed.
However, he gives $7 billion for lunar exploration (They want to commercially colonize the moon with data centers) and $1 billion in new investments for Elon Musk's
Human Space Exploration Mars-focused programs #USPol
AP: Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects
"NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured electrical wires — funded through a program to help communities protect against natural disasters and climate change — would safeguard investments in new businesses like a renovated historic theater to spur the largely rural economy.
Mount Pleasant was about to receive $4 million when the Federal Emergency Management Agency eliminated the program. ..."
https://apnews.com/article/fema-bric-grants-climate-resilience-cbbead8d418e1ff4e53d95f482de3522
Maybe you shouldn't have lied for him all those years, Sarah Huckabee.
Arkansas appeals Trump administration denial of federal aid for tornado recovery
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5266144-arkansas-fema-trump-tornado-recovery/
Stop the Trump Administration from Dismantling FEMA
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the nation's disaster preparedness and response agency. Join me in urging your member of Congress to defend FEMA's life-saving work.
