There is a suspicion that US President Trump has put pressure on weather authorities over Hurricane's prospects. The cause was Mr. Trump's inaccurate tweet, but the United States Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an unusual statement supporting this content, and it developed into a situation in which science might be distorted. According to the US media, there are several government executives behind the scenes, and the US Congress has started to investigate.
The beginning was a tweet from Trump on the day about Hurricane Dorian, who approached the eastern US in early September. In addition to Florida, where the landing was expected, Alabama, located in the west, warned that "direct hits are likely to cause more damage than expected." But at that time no damage was expected in Alabama. The National Weather Service's local office immediately denied on Twitter that "Alabama is not affected by Dorian."
The US media criticized Trump's tweet as “inaccurate,” but he stuck to Alabama. On the 4th, he brought out the predicted route drawn with a pen so that Alabama was included in the course, and claimed that he was right. After that, he repeated critical reporting as “fake”.
The NOAA, which has jurisdiction over the National Meteorological Administration, issued a statement in support of Mr. Trump on the 6th, with the suspicion that "Mr. Trump has tampered with the forecast map to match his remarks." He said Alabama could be hit by a storm from Dorian, and denied a tweet from the National Weather Service's local office that it was "inconsistent with the probability of forecasts available at the time." It was an unusual statement without a signature.
However, this time around this statement, "there was pressure from the White House," the US media reported one after another. According to the New York Times, Mr. Trump was dissatisfied with his tweet being denied, and NOAA told his subordinates "to clarify the position". In response to this, Deputy Chief Malverny's Deputy Chief Deputy General Secretary Ross, who has jurisdiction over NOAA, instructed the “convergence of the situation”. Ross, who was on the road, called NOAA's deputy Neil Jacobs and flirted his dismissal to seek action.
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