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The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.
NWS forecast offices across the country currently have no meteorologist in charge, including the League City office, which ...
For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...
Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.
The dismissals follow a broader push by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to streamline government operations. Among the agencies impacted, the National Weather Service has lost key ...
Meteorologists are warning that cancelled weather balloon launches due to National Weather Service (NWS) staffing shortages could seriously impact "critical" weather forecasting abilities.
Andy Hazelton learned he'd been fired the same way everyone else did. Like hundreds of his colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, he received a mass email from ...
A National Weather Service staff member launches a weather balloon in Davenport, Iowa, in 2005 (NOAA via Wikimedia Commons) One way offices have responded to fewer staff is by reducing the release ...
Twenty-five Democrats voiced their concerns about NOAA job cuts endangering lives and raising insurance premiums.
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - The proposed White House budget could cause stormy conditions for the National Weather Service. Cuts are on the table, including forecaster positions. Officials say it could ...