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March 17, 2025

Storms Kills at Least 40 People as Trump White House Purges Agencies That Study Extreme Weather
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At least 40 people are dead after hundreds of powerful storms, including
dozens of tornadoes, tore through the Southern and Midwestern United
States over the weekend. The storms knocked out power to hundreds of
thousands of utility customers and triggered wildfires in Oklahoma.

This comes after the Trump administration fired some 2,000 workers at
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including hundreds
of forecasters at the National Weather Service. Elon Musk's Department
of Government Efficiency is working to shutter NOAA offices, including a
Hawaiian climate research station that since 1956 has measured steadily
rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.


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