The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.

For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...

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

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, ...

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...

WTOL 11 Chief Meteorologist Chris Vickers sits down with both Warning Coordination Meteorologists responsible for keeping ...

Budget cuts and hiring challenges contribute to the decline in NWS staff ... depends on – the transition of science and technology to life-saving operations. NWS staffing cuts need to addressed ...

Vagasky, who has criticized staffing reductions and cuts to weather balloon releases at the NWS, said he did not think better staffing would have prevented the tragedy. “Those are important ...

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

Opinion: As hurricane season starts, Trump is making sure you won't get FEMA help These vacancies were not in the forecast. And the mass exodus has formed a chaotic storm that now forces the NWS ...

Brian LaMarre joined the National Weather Service in 1992 and accepted an early retirement spring 2025 after nearly two decades as meteorologist in charge in Tampa.

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning ...