NOAA hurricane hunter planes, crucial for gathering storm data, have been grounded during recent hurricanes due to maintenance and staffing issues. A government audit reveals a concerning increase ...

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

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story NWS staffing will be priority, nominee tells Senate As lawmakers ...

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

President Trump's nominee to lead the agency that includes the National Weather Service said Wednesday it did a "great job" ...

Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in ...

In response to concerns, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) said it is actively working to address staffing shortages.

NOAA fired approximately 800 probationary employees in February. The agency briefly reinstated them, then re-fired them.

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...

The president’s pick to lead the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration testified before Congress Wednesday.

Weather service staffing already was tight, even before the Trump administration's cuts, former NOAA staff members have said, but in some weather service offices, the vacancies have been dramatic.

Due to a lapse in government contracting, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) faces unprecedented challenges this hurricane season. For the past five years, NOAA has ...