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

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 ...

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, ...

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

Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.

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

Jacobs’ statement that staffing should be a “top priority” at the weather ... Jacobs also said Wednesday he supports Trump’s budget, which cuts funding for NOAA by roughly a quarter.

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 ...