Rebecca Hersher
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku is hitting the northern Mariana Islands with dangerous winds, powerful enough to down trees, knock out electricity, and even destroy wood-framed buildings.
It's also bringing significant flooding to Guam.
Powerful typhoons and hurricanes are more likely to form because of climate change.
Ocean temperatures are rising because of planet-warming pollution from burning oil, gas, and coal.
That warmer ocean water helps storms like Sinlaku get larger and more dangerous.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, lost 356 workers in February, according to the federal government's Office of Personnel Management.
In all, FEMA has lost more than 2,500 employees since last September.
Trump administration officials have repeatedly called for FEMA to be drastically cut and moved to eliminate FEMA jobs, including in offices that directly help survivors of hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters.
FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, new DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen argued that cuts can make FEMA more efficient.
was nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit hotter this winter compared to the country's average winter during the 20th century.
That's according to the latest climate information released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Nine states had their warmest winters ever recorded, going back to 1895.
Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma –