The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

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 ...

Staffing issues at the National Weather Service in Tucson could be impacting the accuracy of monsoon storm predictions, ...

For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...

Nearly 25% of Michigan positions are open as deadly flooding in Texas has focused attention on the importance of accurate ...

While the chances of having an event similar to what had occurred in Texas are significantly lower, it raised a question ...

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.

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.

Barry and Chantal were short-lived tropical storms but their remnants caused killer flooding in Texas and North Carolina.