flooding natural disasters Texas climate change poll.

Most U.S. adults who’ve experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause. That’s according to polling conducted before the deadly Texas floods. But while Americans largely believe the federal government should play a major role in preparing for and responding to natural disasters, an analysis of Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling shows there’s less consensus about whether the government should be involved in combating climate change to try to keep extreme weather from worsening. February and June polls found Americans generally have high confidence in the National Weather Service and their local weather report. That trust could now be undermined.