The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...

The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran from Kansas has introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service meteorologists from federal ...

Sunday marks the official start of what NOAA forecasters predict will be an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. But big ...

As the Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, some are raising concerns about federal preparedness after steep staff ...

Representative Mike Flood announced a bill on Friday to make employees of the National Weather Service classified as public safety mission function workers.

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...

In a statement, NOAA Communications Director Kim Doster ... “We do have some staffing challenges across the Weather Service in general, but we're taking steps to move staff around to fill ...

Concerns grow as the 2025 hurricane season begins with forecasts of increased intensity amidst federal cuts to FEMA and NOAA.

The National Weather Service ended 24/7 operations at its Cheyenne forecasting office due to a staffing shortage and ... and rarely quiet set of forecast challenges,” which range from blizzards ...

Faltering forecasts, fired experts and whipsawing policy changes are raising questions about how the Trump administration ...