DOGE Broke America’s Weather Machine. Now Fishermen, Insurers And Farmers Are Paying For It Illustration: Yunjia Yuan for Forbes; Photos: The Washington Post, Wirestock, Adastra, Mikroman6, Imagebroker/I. Gercelman, Piola666, Ilbusca, Mashuk via Getty Images

Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left America’s fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout. Read the full story on what happens when the government dismantles the country’s vast environmental intelligence system: Illustration: Yunjia Yuan for Forbes; Photos: The Washington Post, Wirestock, Adastra, Mikroman6, Imagebroker/I. Gercelman, Piola666, Ilbusca, Mashuk via Getty Images