Concerns are rising over the accuracy of hurricane forecasts this year due to staffing and budget cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, WJAX, our partners in Jacksonville, ...

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, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in Texas left more than 100 dead.

The decision by the Department of Defense to stop providing data to NOAA is just the latest challenge for the agency this year.

The Trump administration proposed cutting NOAA’s fiscal 2026 budget to $4.5 billion — a 27%, nearly $1.7 billion reduction from the estimated fiscal 2025 spending.

Trump’s NOAA pick stands by budget cuts, calls staffing ‘a top priority’ Neil Jacobs was not asked to weigh in on the Texas flooding disaster. But he stressed a desire to see the nation’s ...

At the outset of the Atlantic hurricane season, the National Weather Service is critically understaffed in many locations ...

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.

The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

The Trump budget plan calls for ending some programs ship captains and other boaters rely on. A Senate plan would keep the ...

CHARLOTTE — Concerns are rising over the accuracy of hurricane forecasts this year due to staffing and budget cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, WJAX, our partners in ...