Mid-Atlantic States Prepare for More Billion-Dollar Disasters as Trump Considers Cutting Emergency Funding

PHILADELPHIA—In 2024, Pennsylvania endured a record number of the nation’s billion-dollar weather disasters, from winter storms to drought: 12. Even adjusting for inflation, that’s more than the state faced over the entire decade of the 1980s.  Last week, representatives from government, academia, medicine and activism gathered at Drexel University in Philadelphia to tackle an urgent … Continue reading Mid-Atlantic States Prepare for More Billion-Dollar Disasters as Trump Considers Cutting Emergency Funding