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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, ...
WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all ...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.
The decision by the Department of Defense to stop providing data to NOAA is just the latest challenge for the agency this year.
At the outset of the Atlantic hurricane season, the National Weather Service is critically understaffed in many locations ...
A local meteorologist recalled how good forecasts during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 saved lives. Back then, federal forecasts ...
Weather service staffing already was tight, even before the Trump administration's cuts, former NOAA staff members have said, but in some weather service offices, the vacancies have been dramatic.
Meteorologists are warning that planned reductions in critical weather resources, including satellite data and National ...
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.
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.
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 ...