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Author: Sarah Burke

Staffing cuts cloud outlook for 2025 hurricane season

The image depicts a conference room where a group of people is seated at tables. They are engaged in discussions or listening intently, with several individuals typing on laptops. The focus is on a large digital screen displaying an emergency management briefing. The screen is divided into several sections; the left shows text on a blue background while the right displays a satellite image of a swirling storm. The setting appears to be a formal meeting or briefing related to a tropical storm.

“Will forecasting be good enough to get warnings to people before a storm hits? And then after those storms hit, are we going to see the federal government provide states with the funding they need to recover? Those questions that I don’t think have satisfying answers.” – Factal NORAM lead Joe Veyera on what his team is watching for with the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.