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A day after researchers released an in-depth analysis of the damage a Cascadia earthquake will cause, lawmakers sent a letter urging the federal government to increase funding for a warning system.

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Washington), joined by more than 40 members of Congress primarily from the West Coast, urges the Appropriations Committee to provide $16.1 million in 2019 to the earthquake warning system. The system is being developed by the USGS, University of Washington, Caltech, UC Berkeley, and the University of Oregon.

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