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The National Weather Service has lifted its hiring freeze and is now accepting applications for mission-critical positions to ...
Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...
Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know The most dangerous weather emergencies are the ones that happen overnight.
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.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.
The deaths of scores of people from flash flooding in the state of Texas have raised questions about whether cuts to the U.S. National Weather Service impacted weather forecasting. U.S. President ...
There were about 600 employee cuts at the National Weather Service — about 100 probationary employees and 500 buyouts. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would increase the National ...
The Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General will investigate staffing shortages at the National Oceanic and ...
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.
Deadly Texas floods spark debate over weather service staffing cuts Questions remain about the level of coordination and communication between NWS and local officials on the night of the disaster.
Lawmakers from both parties have so far rejected steep cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...