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Warning systems for floods, hurricanes, and famine are suffering from Donald Trump’s data purge | By gutting USAID, the Trump administration has cut off access to data people relied on to warn people about weather disasters and food shortages around the world.
Lifesaving programs are at stake.
In some parts of the world — including Sudan, where more than half the population is estimated to face acute food insecurity brought on by conflict and climate change — FEWS NET was the only international operation producing famine reports frequently enough to keep up with a constantly evolving situation. The development of the data hub allowed anyone — whether they were government officials, aid workers, researchers, or just curious members of the public — to explore the information used to produce FEWS NET’s more formal reports so that they could conduct their own analysis according to their local situation and needs. “They are at risk if the data stops or if there’s some other interruption that they face [without] actually getting the support to address it,” says Theresa Modrick Hansen, chief operating officer of the nonprofit Hydrologic Research Center that partnered on the Flash Flood Guidance System with US federal agencies and the World Meteorological Organization.
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