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Members of Congress are expressing renewed support for the nation’s weather forecasting system after deadly flooding in Texas ...
Discover how Trump administration budget cuts have decimated staffing at the National Weather Service's office in Hanford, California.
Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.
President Donald Trump drew on a map of a forecast for Hurricane Dorian in 2019. He did it to indicate the storm would go ...
Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.
By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.
Lawmakers from both parties have so far rejected steep cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...
Neil Jacobs, Trump’s pick to head NOAA who is on the path to confirmation, was the acting NOAA administrator at the time. For ...
Amid staffing shortages and public concern over natural disasters, the National Weather Service is defending its ability to fulfill its core mission—even as it operates under the strain of past budget ...
During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday, Senators discussed Sen. Brian Schatz's (D-HI) amendment on the minimum staffing level for the National Weather Service.