Weather These meteorologists spent years at the NWS in Texas. Here’s what they think of staffing issues For years, employees say, they’ve had to do more with less.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued timely forecasts and warnings in advance of Friday's catastrophic flooding in central Texas, but long-standing staffing concerns—including unfilled ...

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On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning ...

Jacobs heard concerns about Weather Service staffing from several lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) said that an office in his state was “short ...

The National Weather Service’s two forecast offices that serve Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast have a combined 10 vacancies.

State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the extended Fourth of July weekend. The criticism comes, as funding cuts and ...

Houston-based meteorologist Matt Lanza wrote in a Substack post that there was "absolutely nothing" to suggest that current staffing or budget issues at the NOAA or NWS played a role.

Here’s why budget and staffing cuts at the National Weather Service are raising concerns among Kansas City area emergency managers.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.