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The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.
For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...
Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story NWS staffing will be priority, nominee tells Senate As lawmakers ...
As lawmakers from both parties raised concerns about staffing at the National Weather Service (NWS), President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...
Staffing issues at the National Weather Service in Tucson could be impacting the accuracy of monsoon storm predictions, ...
A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause the high number of deaths in the flash floods on July 4, experts said.
Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.
A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause the high number of deaths in the flash floods on July 4, experts said.
Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing dozens of deaths. Local officials said they couldn’t have seen it coming.
The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its ...
The Department of Commerce’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has opened an inquiry into staffing at the National Weather Service and the circumstances surrounding the deadly flooding in Central ...