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Our disaster warning systems are suffering from Donald Trump’s data purge 

The Trump administration has cut off access to data used globally for warnings about disasters and shortages.

Justine Calma
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Meteorologists are getting misinformation-fueled death threats.

Rolling Stone reports that just like FEMA, meteorologists are dealing with more pushback than they’re used to — one is quoted saying “ideas that once would have been ridiculed as very fringe, outlandish viewpoints are suddenly becoming mainstream.”

CBS Morning meteorologist Katie Nickolaou also tweeted one example of what she’s seeing (below).

See Hurricane Dorian’s monstrous size in these photos from above

Planes, satellites, and astronauts have all captured images of the storm’s fury

Mary Beth Griggs