President Joe Biden doubled the amount of funding to prepare for extreme weather. Biden made the announcement Monday at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters, where he was briefed about projections for the hurricane season. Biden also announced a new climate data system by NASA to help understand and track the effects of climate change. Now is the time when hurricane season in the South and East and fire season in the West.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an “above-normal” Atlantic hurricane season. The White House announced Monday will fund a program called Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, which prepares for extreme weather events and other disasters. The White House said the U.S. suffered 22 weather- and climate-related disasters last year.
