A third major heat dome in less than a month has placed up to 80 million people under heat alerts across the United States.

The National Weather Service is hiring hundreds of entry-level employees after losing about 15% of its staff to federal cuts last year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as ...

An Extreme Heat Alert has also been extended through 8 a.m. Monday, signaling continued dangerous overnight conditions with limited relief from the heat.

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(Reuters) -The Trump administration is allowing the U.S. National Weather Service to restore most of the hundreds of jobs eliminated by the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency once led by ...

Some National Weather Service staffers are working double shifts to keep forecasting offices open. Others are operating under a “buddy system,” in which adjacent offices help monitor severe weather in ...

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The US National Weather Service has allowed a contract with a foreign-language translation service to expire, creating a potential gap in local-language forecasting just as spring brings a higher risk ...

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