My fear is that we’re going to look back 25 years from now and say, ‘This is when the progress stopped,’” one weather expert said.

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

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.

NOAA said it would stop collecting and distributing data from three weather satellites that it jointly runs with the Defense Department.

Representatives and experts discussed what they fear would be catastrophic and devastating possibilities that could occur with the proposed cuts to jobs and funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.

Hurricane forecasters are at risk of losing a crucial tool because of military concerns surrounding the cybersecurity of a long-shared satellite system — the latest potential cut to federal weather science programs by the Trump administration.

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.