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Hi—
It's been a hard week, and our hearts are going out to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene.
It's hard to watch the news and grapple with the devastation we're seeing across the Southeast, where I grew up. Hurricane Helene has left at least 140 people dead and over 2 million people without power or access to safe drinking water. This tragedy feels deeply personal, seeing videos of small towns near where I lived swept away by catastrophic flooding. After surviving a deadly tornado outbreak more than a decade ago in Alabama—another place I've called home—the scenes are painfully familiar: entire communities destroyed, lives turned upside down. In the midst of this devastation, a harsh reality is clear: climate change is no longer a distant threat, and no place is immune to its effects.
Thankfully, in some areas, people were able to evacuate and get to safety before the worst hit—and that's because of NOAA, the government agency that houses the National Weather Service.
Trump's Project 2025 wants to dismantle NOAA, which would make it harder for people to prepare for the very climate disasters his policies exacerbate.
Unlike Trump, Kamala Harris knows that climate change is real and costly, which is why we must do everything we can to elect her so we can secure a safer climate future for ourselves and our loved ones. A good start is to make sure you're registered to vote.
And if you're looking for ways to help hurricane relief efforts directly on the ground, here are a few organizations and mutual aid funds that you can donate to:
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