Trump’s NOAA pick pledges full weather service staffing
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Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can respond in the future to major weather events.
The agency saw $200 million in cuts in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which compounded layoffs of newly hired employees and early retirements of career employees at the agency in February.
On Wednesday, some of the nation’s top hurricane scientists joined House Democrats for a virtual press conference to sound the alarm on proposed budget cuts that would severely degrade hurricane monitoring and forecasting.
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But that endurance may be different this summer, as unusually warm oceans are a catalyst in the recipe for more frequent cyclones. NOAA’s predictive models suggest there could be upwards of 19 tropical storms and 10 hurricanes, with up to five of them being category three or higher.
The Department of Defense's announcement that it would end a weather-data sharing program surprised some climate watchdogs but forecasters assure it does not heighten risks.
The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.
AccuWeather forecasters are keeping an eye on an area close to Florida which shows some potential for tropical development July 15-18.
President Donald Trump nominated Neil Jacobs Jr. to lead the NOAA. His Senate confirmation hearing focused on the deaths of more than 100 people in storms across the country.
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