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🦐 CHESTBURSTER 👽

MAGA Senator Uses Sci-Fi Villain in Bizarre Health Warning

He also showed concern that Americans are at risk of growing an extra ear.

Harry Thompson

Trump
STORM’S A-BREWIN’

Weatherman Interrupts Broadcast to Issue Dire Warning

Meteorologist John Morales warned his viewers that DOGE cuts will lead to an inability to properly predict hurricanes.

Kenneal Patterson

TOPSHOT - Residents cool off at Barton Creek on June 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
LOST IN TRANSLATION

National Weather Service to Stop Non-English Warnings

Potential life-threatening weather warnings used to be translated into Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French, and Samoan.

Nandika Chatterjee

Donald Trump has picked Neil Jacobs, a scientist linked to “Sharpiegate,” to lead the NOAA.
PERFECT STORM

Trump Wants to Bring ‘Sharpiegate’ Scientist Back to NOAA

Neil Jacobs was in charge in 2019 when the president appeared to redraw an official map of Hurricane Dorian’s projected path using a permanent marker.

Janna Brancolini

A woman takes a selfie on the beach
STILL CHURNING

Hurricane Beryl’s Trail of Chaos Hits Vacationers

The record-setting storm is set to cause more damage in Mexico and into Texas.

Ben Sherwood

A drone-eye view of shattered houses on a peninsula, behind it is crystal-clear water
Weekend Warning

Hurricane Beryl Set to Risk Lives on Gulf Coast Over Holiday

Beryl, now a Category 4 storm, is forecast to cause dangerous rip tides from Texas to Florida, after claiming nine lives in the Carribean.

Ben Sherwood

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Floodwater, an upturned car and ruined buildings
Red Alert

Record Breaking Hurricane Beryl Could Slam U.S. After 4th

Record-breaking Hurricane Beryl poses potential threats to the Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana as early as Saturday.

Ben Sherwood

A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections could create geomagnetic storms, experts say.
FLARING UP

Raging Solar Storm Could Bring Northern Lights, Comms Snafus

NOAA officials have issued a “Severe G4” level of space storm watch for the first time in almost 20 years.

Dan Ladden-Hall

A beached dolphin lays on the sand.
MONSTER

Someone SHOT a Dolphin in Louisiana

Authorities are offering a $20K reward to whoever can ID the suspect behind the shooting.

Josh Fiallo

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WEATHERING HEIGHTS

Trump Admin Fires Top NOAA Scientist

Asked to pledge not to manipulate research to political ends, the agency’s newly appointed chief of staff asked, “Respectfully, by what authority are you sending this to me?”

Blake Montgomery

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HOUSE DIVIDED

Climate Change Denier Hired for Top Job at NOAA

David Legates has spent his career undermining widely accepted science.

Blake Montgomery

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