Politico’s Lippman: Scientists Warn of ‘Increased Rate’ of Disasters Like Katrina and Harvey Due to Climate Change

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LUI: "Daniel, so from the president’s perception here and his conversation, he’s very happy with what the first responders and those who are on the ground are doing and no doubt many folks will agree with him on that. But on the flip side, there is a concern that is there enough help and I’ve spoken with some first responders and directly and they are not thinking that they have all of the — all of the needs satisfied."
LIPPMAN: "That is true, Richard. You saw yesterday that they — the federal government increased the request for disaster help from Congress by a billion dollars. Because the federal — the FEMA is spending much more money out of their fund for disaster help than they expected. And so even over — a period of 12 hours, they increased that request by a billion dollars. Which means that there are serious needs that this is going to be probably the second most costly natural disaster in history. And we could see more storms coming up because of climate change. That is a big issue that I think has been overlooked sometimes because just in the last ten years, you see two huge natural disasters, Katrina and Harvey, that climate scientists say there is a greater chance you will see those at an increased rate over the next few years."