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Budget cuts to government disaster-response and climate-monitoring programs have insurance leaders and others warning of grave consequences.

The story below, published on February 21 before the announcement, explains how the Trump administration has been preparing to cut staffing at NOAA and what that means for weather forecasting and ...

Experts who understand severe weather also worry about cuts to NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. From ...

Due to a lapse in government contracting, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) faces unprecedented challenges this hurricane season. For the past five years, NOAA has ...

Democrats continued to challenge Lutnick’s remarks on staffing after the hearings, with Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) stating there are at least five vacancies at the ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pointed to plans to automate and centralize certain functions at the National Weather Service amid questions from lawmakers last week on staffing shortages at the ...

Staffing cuts at NOAA, including the National Weather Service, is expected to impact wildfire forecasts as California heads into wildfire season.

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.