Predicting hurricanes is easier than ever, but NOAA warns that Trump’s cuts threaten to leave them without funding

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Hurricane forecasts have greatly improved in recent years thanks to improvements. However, due to recent federal budget cuts and staff shortages, the accuracy and reliability of forecasts are at risk.

HurricaneHurricane forecasts have improved, but budget cuts threaten accuracy in the future.

The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, a developing El Niño could result in a more tame hurricane season. However, all it takes is one big storm to hit a populated area to make it a bad hurricane season regardless.

Forecasting a Hurricane

Hurricane forecasts have improved drastically in recent decades. Cuts to federal funding and job losses in these programs that help keep Americans safe from extreme weather will halt progress and slim forecasting resources.

Both humans and computer models need to know the location, intensity and structure of a hurricane and its surrounding environment. Satellites are important for tracking storms, but they can’t see inside the storms.

Hurricane hunters are a group of skilled pilots that fly through the storms all season to collect storm data which then gets transferred to

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