Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980 [View all]
Source: CNN
Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980
Updated 10 hr ago
PUBLISHED May 8, 2025, 9:36 AM ET
By Andrew Freedman
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to impossible for the public to track the cost of extreme weather and climate events.
The weather, climate and oceans agency is also ending other products, it has recently announced, due in large part to staffing reductions. NOAA is narrowing the array of services it provides, with climate-related programs scrutinized especially closely.
The disasters database, which will be archived but no longer updated beyond 2024, has allowed taxpayers, media and researchers to track the cost of natural disasters — spanning extreme events from hurricanes to hailstorms — since 1980. Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.
The Trump administration has been laser-focused on killing programs and departments that are associated with “climate,” whether they are actually tracking global warming and its effects or not.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/08/climate/noaa-ends-disaster-database
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