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Inside Climate News -   Helene is the fourth Gulf Coast hurricane to make landfall this year. Only five other years had that many since comprehensive hurricane records began in 1851. The last time was 2020.

Meidas Plus - As MAGA Republicans continue to politicize the Biden Administration's efforts to help Hurricane Helene victims, they should know that a whopping 175 House Republicans voted to defund FEMA in 2021. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, assists states, counties, and individuals after federal disasters. MeidasTouch earlier reported on the 35 Republican Senators that voted against it.The Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (H.R. 5305) was passed in 2021, and signed into law by President Biden. The bill allocated funds for FEMA after several natural disasters depleted their funds. All Republicans who voted on the bill voted against it, despite many of them representing states that experience a regular occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, and wildfires.