Forecasters are predicting an “above-normal” hurricane season in the Atlantic for 2025, while workforce cuts driven by the Trump Administration at federal agencies FEMA and NOAA will affect disaster response.

“Reducing the staff that are working to make weather forecasts more accurate and effective, while also making cuts to the agency charged with helping people recover in the advent of a disaster, is a recipe for a really tough hurricane season,” says CCH Director Gregory Wellenius.

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