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

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

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

President Donald Trump drew on a map of a forecast for Hurricane Dorian in 2019. He did it to indicate the storm would go ...

Neil Jacobs, Trump’s pick to head NOAA who is on the path to confirmation, was the acting NOAA administrator at the time. For ...

Some National Weather Service offices in California are among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, heightening ...

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

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

Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.

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Staffing ‘a top priority’ The issue of staffing at NOAA also came up in the confirmation hearing for Neil Jacobs, Trump’s nominee to lead NOAA, in the Senate Commerce Committee on July 10.

“If confirmed, I will ensure that staffing the Weather Service offices is a top priority,” said Jacobs, who led NOAA on an acting basis in Trump’s first term.