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My fear is that we’re going to look back 25 years from now and say, ‘This is when the progress stopped,’” one weather expert ...
Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.
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 ...
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.
A hurricane modeling specialist fired from the National Weather Service said progress on forecast accuracy may "go backwards" if job cuts continue.
News Trump team pushes NOAA weather agency to cut another 1,000 jobs: ‘Our weather forecasts won’t be the greatest' Published: Mar. 12, 2025, 10:09 a.m.
On top of all the job losses, cuts in research grants to universities will also make it harder for the U.S. to keep improving its weather forecasts and better monitor what's happening to the ...
The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation's weather, ocean and fisheries agency.