The summer months of this year are among the most important of them throughout the United States, and they continued The exacerbated direction to Hald weatherAmid concern about the effects of Trump administration Discounts to the main agencies.
the Extreme heat It can be widespread and not softening: only the far north Alaska may escape from unusually warm temperatures from June to August, according to the latest seasonal expectations from the National Oceanic and Calf Administration (NOAA).
In fact, the summer -like weather has already started for many parts of the country.
In the International Falls, Minnesota-temperatures announced by the “Ice Box of the Nation”, which it declared itself-in early May, more than a month before the first known occurrence. A hundred miles south, hot and dry weather helped burn forests early in the burning season outside the scope of control, and forced it Governor Tim Walz to contact the National Guard.
Through the western United States, Latest up update Noaa Reports indicate that the lack of rain in the spring and very warm temperatures means that this snow snow this winter melts quickly – which raises the threat of dehydration in summer and forest fires. The weather has intensified drought from the ongoing dehydration in Florida and the Atlantic states.
Meanwhile, experts fear large -scale discounts for employees and reduce federal science financing, Prediction resourcesAnd Disaster Agencies will hinder efforts to keep people safe.
In Texas, where Donald Trump’s discounts left the “government efficiency circle” (DOGE) Houston National weather office Cash and Without any permanent leadershipRecord heat She is still intensifying And another The busy hurricane season Waiting on the horizon. A Mid -May heat wave In the Rio Grandi Valley made the area hotter than the Valley of Death.
Federal scientific agencies such as NOAA now operate with a low capacity despite the huge weather threats. Hundreds of meteorologists I left the national weather service In recent months, many offices, including Houston, have been forced to expand the services they provide.
This has left government, local officials, university and non -profit staff to try to take over the general awareness of heat and other harsh weather.
Climate world describes Silvia de and her colleagues at Rice University at Houston Excessive Heat as a “Slow Violence” that increases other public health threats, such as air pollution and previous health conditions. “There are a lot of things that focus on heat stress.”
“Severe heat can kidnap our brain’s ability to think clearly,” said Adrian Heinz, a psychologist at Stanford University. “These executive functions such as decision -making, tasks and sequence are all more difficult. It becomes like walking through clay. It affects your ability to know if you are a student or your ability to perform if you are an employee. Not leaving anything that is not sticking,” really. “
According to Noaa, excessive heat is already The main cause of weather -related deaths In the United States, it gets worse. Study 2024 I found that the number of heat -related deaths in the United States has increased by 117 % since 1999. Immigrantsand Prisoners or School students In non -refrigerated buildings, the burden of high temperatures is doubled.
“I feel that Houston is zero to change climate.” “I think there is a level of frustration between us because, as you know, we used to live in these circumstances for many years.”
Repressive summer expectations continue to be a disturbing trend fueled by global warming: the harsh weather all over the country has become an increasingly threatening state of life.
“We will have more people on the way to harm. If my exposure to the weather and climate disasters will only increase,” said De. “We are very drowned and we are desperate to highlight the alarm.”
In fact, severe heat can have “successive effects” In all parts of societyHeinz said.
“These lengthy thermal waves affect sleep, which is the cornerstone of our mental health,” Heinz said. “Our ability to weather and emotional organization is at risk when we don’t get a good sleep.”
Political uncertainty for this year brings questions about the ability of federal employees to predict, prepare and respond to thermal emergencies and other harsh weather, though, though now, though, now, Weather expectations are still released.
“It is somewhat scary. Summer is only hotter, and the seasons of forest fires have become longer and more intense for years,” said climate scientist at the Ministry of Energy, who wanted to not be identified for fear of revenge. “These disorders in the infrastructure of federal sciences and the ability to respond to emergency situations come in the worst possible time.”
After years of Presse from front line groupsThe Biden A. The first set of national guidelines ever To protect vulnerable workers from the increasing threat of severe heat.
However, there are concerns of Trump’s choice of safety leadership in the workplace You can back down from this progress. This means the efforts made to prepare and plan the weather this year most likely to fall on local leaders.
During the past year, many heat -exposed cities such as Toxon, ArizonaAnd countries including California and Nevada The local regulations and decrees designed to enhance the planning efforts to combat severe heat.
“With health, safety and economic effects to increase harsh weather, mayors know that failure to work is not an option,” said Mandy Ecker, head of climate flexibility with C40, an international group of cities that work together in climate issues. “The cities take a wide range of methods to help their residents stay safe during the heat season, including investing in cooling centers, increasing communication with the population, and new policies for building buildings and people inside.”
Even the hidden cities forward have struggled to keep up with the weather: an internal report from the city of Austin, Texas, showed that Local efforts to adapt to higher temperatures The funded continuously.
