All eyes are on Trump's budget cuts to forecasting agencies as the death toll from devastating flooding across the US continue to rise and questions remain about what more could have been done to warn

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act also includes $200 million in cuts to NOAA’s weather forecasting and public alert programs.

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.

As Congress begins talks surrounding the upcoming federal budget, a proposed 27% cut to the NOAA budget is raising alarms among weather experts and scientists.

The agency saw $200 million in cuts in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which compounded layoffs of newly hired employees and early retirements of career employees at the agency in February.

In Norman, scientists are working to significantly speed up tornado warnings while finding new paths to understanding deadly storms and protecting lives and property. A cooperative institute with more

We’re entering extreme weather season and cuts to the weather service are a cause for concern.

The proposed budget would also result in staff layoffs, impact partnerships with universities, and potentially close more than a dozen weather and climate facilities

2. Experts warn that accuracy and speed of hurricane forecasting will likely be affected by proposed NOAA cuts The Trump administration has asked for a $2 billion cut to NOAA's budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.

In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather Service, as questions surface over the agency’s forecast timing, urgency and communication.