US extreme weather survivors are a growing group – now they want to be a political force

Key points

• Survivors of extreme weather disasters in the United States are organising into a political group. Extreme Weather Survivors, co-founded by film-maker Sierra Kos, has grown to about 2,500 members across the country.
• Members want faster federal disaster response and say aid should not be politicised. At a meeting in Kerrville, Texas, only one of the invited gubernatorial and senate candidates attended.
• Survivors describe long struggles with insurers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency over repairs and housing.