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Scott Dance

Baltimore, Washington, D.C., United States

Extreme Weather and Climate Change Reporter at The Washington Post

@washingtonpost reporter focused on extreme weather and climate change. @niemanfdn '21. @sejorg @nlgja member.

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  • 5 days ago | fredericknewspost.com | Scott Dance

    Federal scientists will no longer update a list of weather disasters that cause billions of dollars in damage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. The list had been growing dramatically in recent years, a sign of both extreme weather and increasing development across the country. It is on a growing list of scientific datasets that NOAA says scientists will no longer update or that the administration will decommission entirely.

  • 5 days ago | infobae.com | Scott Dance

    Los científicos federales ya no actualizarán la lista de desastres climáticos que causan miles de millones de dólares en daños, según informó el jueves la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA). La lista había aumentado drásticamente en los últimos años, lo que indica tanto el clima extremo como el creciente desarrollo urbanístico en todo el país.

  • 6 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance

    NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters (washingtonpost.com) NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters By Scott Dance 2025050815222500 Federal scientists will no longer update a list of weather disasters that cause billions of dollars in damage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

  • 6 days ago | dailyherald.com | Angie Hernandez |Scott Dance

    An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees. In emails widely shared with National Weather Service staff this month and obtained by The Washington Post, the NOAA Office of Security warned of threats it said are being coordinated by Veterans on Patrol, an extremist group motivated by anti-government beliefs and conspiracy theories.

  • 6 days ago | adn.com | Angie Orellana Hernandez |Scott Dance

    An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees. In emails widely shared with National Weather Service staff this month and obtained by The Washington Post, the NOAA Office of Security warned of threats it said are being coordinated by Veterans on Patrol, an extremist group motivated by anti-government beliefs and conspiracy theories.

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