The National Weather Service has lifted its hiring freeze and is now accepting applications for mission-critical positions to ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as ...

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 ...

Members of Congress are expressing renewed support for the nation’s weather forecasting system after deadly flooding in Texas ...

The cuts prompted all of the living former directors of the NWS to write a letter expressing concern over staffing levels and future budget cuts.

CHARLOTTE — 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 ...