Texas floods and forecasting cuts: a sign of things to come? - podcast

In the days since the deadly floods in the Texas Hill Country, speculation has grown about whether cuts to US weather agencies may have contributed to the the number of casualties. Ian Sample talks to the meteorologist and climate journalist Eric Holthaus to find out whether this narrative stacks up and what the consequences could be for extreme weather prediction in the futureClips: NBC news, ABC news, Forbes, White House audioTexas floods reveal limitations of disaster forecasting under climate crisis Continue reading...