Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 17 hours ago

"As the best and the brightest were being fired at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by senseless and draconian ‘DOGE’ cuts earlier this year under Trump, with no reason given except for the need to cut a paltry amount of the government’s budget, experts warned repeatedly that the cuts would have deadly consequences during the storm season. And they have."

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/texas-officials-blame-agency-gutted#Trump#DOGE#Texas #cuts#FEMA#NOAA, #NWS
Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

2/2 'People are dying and more will die because of their recklessness, just like we saw during covid. And now millions won’t even have health insurance to deal with the consequences.'

#Trump#DOGE #cuts#FEMA#NOAA, #NWS#Texas #floods
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Bereaved family members and government officials attended a memorial in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sunday, just under five years since torrential rain left 67 people dead and two people unaccounted for. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/kumamoto-2020-rain-disaster-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kumamoto #floods
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A tropical depression may hit southern China as early as Thursday, meteorologists cautioned, bringing rain and gales to a flood-hit region still recovering from the impact of Typhoon Wutip two weeks ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/asia-pacific/china-floods-cyclone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #floods