NPR

NOAA firings raise concerns over agency's ability to forecast hurricanes and more

NOAA began firing employees last week as part of government-wide layoffs ordered by the Trump administration. The terminations could impact weather forecasting, which millions rely on. Staff cuts at ...
Time

Mass Layoffs at NOAA Spark Concerns Over Weather, Climate Research

Brad Reinhart, Senior Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center, works on tracking Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., ...
The Atlantic

NOAA Has Been Trying to Predict How Bad Floods Could Get

On July 8, New Mexico’s Rio Ruidoso unbound from its banks for the second year in a row and swelled to 20 times its typical knee-high depth. The cascade of water roared like a train, Kathy Papasan, a ...
NPR

Layoffs and potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA's future

The Trump administration is considering terminating leases for properties housing vital weather service operations and other fisheries operations, according to Craig McLean, a former official of the ...