Rural towns in Pennsylvania, particularly Duryea, are at heightened risk of flooding due to delayed federal disaster preparedness funding. The Trump administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars allocated for infrastructure projects designed to protect against floods, wildfires, and hurricanes has left communities like Duryea, situated along the Lackawanna River, vulnerable to the increasing frequency of river flooding caused by climate change. Duryea has been relying on its levee system since the 1970s, but the rising river levels necessitate raising the levee by approximately three feet to provide adequate protection.