Lawmakers from both parties have so far rejected steep cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

Concerns are rising over the accuracy of hurricane forecasts this year due to staffing and budget cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, WJAX, our partners in Jacksonville, ...

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

The White House has proposed a $4.5 billion budget for NOAA in fiscal year 2026, which begins on October 1—a substantial decrease from the $6.1 billion that Congress appropriated to NOAA through ...

The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its staffing levels ahead Central Texas' catastrophic flooding. The big picture ...

Former senior NOAA officials say transformative work will cease if the budget cuts are approved, particularly when combined with extensive cuts already made to staffing, research, grants and ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Federal cuts and the lack of staffing at the National Weather Service could affect the accuracy of weather forecasts, especially as it pertains to predictions made several ...

Vagasky, who has criticized staffing reductions and cuts to weather balloon releases at the NWS, said he did not think better staffing would have prevented the tragedy. “Those are important ...

News; Nation; Trump’s NOAA pick stands by budget cuts, calls staffing ‘a top priority’ July 9, 2025 Updated Wed., July 9, 2025 at 10:11 p.m. President Donald Trump listens to a question from ...