A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the Weather Service lost nearly 600 people to DOGE cuts.

Modernizing technology, centralizing data, and automation were among plans floated by Lutnick in response to bipartisan ...

The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...

Behind every severe weather watch and warning, providing lifesaving information in critical moments, is a meteorologist pushing the button at the National Weather Service. But as cuts continue to ...

HOUSTON — The National Weather Service has received emergency clearance ... following months of growing concern over critical staffing shortages and an active hurricane season already underway.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas share concern about consequences of personnel shortages at ...

Hurricane season has started, but jobs still haven’t been refilled after drastic DOGE cuts, though the administration says it ...

NWS’s staffing was a large concern for committee members from both parties in the House and Senate.

With the National Weather Service facing cuts and staffing shortages due to efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to shrink the government ...

Severe cuts to the National Weather Service by the Trump administration has many worried as hurricane season gets under way.

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