The deadly flash flooding in Texas has raised questions about the staffing level of National Weather Service offices ...

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

"NOAA leadership is taking steps to address those who took a voluntary early retirement option. NWS continues to conduct short-term Temporary Duty assignments (TDYs) and is in the process of ...

Neil Jacobs, Trump’s nominee to serve as NOAA administrator, told members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that a governmentwide hiring freeze, recently extended to Oct. 15 ...

We cannot afford to let the National Weather Service languish. This agency gives us some of the best bang for the federal buck you could ask for, costing around $4 a year per taxpayer.

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

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives. After torrential rains ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Trump administration from suggestions that the delayed warning ...

The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the early morning flash floods.

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.