DOGE-led cuts at NOAA include layoffs of Miami-based hurricane and climate researchers
Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was ...
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Layoffs and potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA's future
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at ...
Scant details on estimated 650 NOAA employees fired but forecasting progress likely 'compromised'
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he supports DOGE, but also praised the National Hurricane Center and said it will probably be ...
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Fire threat looms over South Florida with dry winds and low humidity elevating risk
An increased fire threat is looming over South Florida on Thursday, driven by low humidity, gusty winds, and dry fuel.
Fired NOAA workers say cuts could hinder weather forecasts and programs to keep people safe
The Trump administration cut about 600 workers at the National Weather Service and NOAA. That could hinder work on programs ...
Donald Trump's NOAA Purge Sparks Alarm Before Hurricane Season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was hit with significant layoffs this week, with hundreds of ...
DOGE Job Cuts Hit NOAA, the Agency in Charge of the Weather Service
Former NOAA officials warned that jobs cuts undermine critical weather forecasting and basic science that companies and communities rely on.
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Fears over hurricane forecasting as scientists are laid off at NOAA's Virginia Key offices
Thursday's mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — including nearly two dozen on Virginia Key ...
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NWS cuts to staff and forecasters pose big risk for Pacific Northwest
In addition to the daily forecasts, employees at NOAA and NWS staff the National Hurricane Center in Miami, tracking tropical storms. Teams of meteorologists and forecasters based at the Storm ...
Meteorologists warn Trump’s firing of NOAA workers could cause ‘catastrophic’ impact
“Today is a sad and scary day for meteorology,” Grant Tosterud, a meteorologist for KRQE in Alburquerque, New Mexico, said in a Feb. 27 Facebook post. “These NOAA and National Weather Service ...
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Scant details on estimated 650 NOAA employees fired but forecasting progress likely 'compromised'
NOAA Flight Director Kerri Englert, a Lakeland-based hurricane hunter, told a Miami NBC affiliate Friday that she was one of the employees who was fired last week. She was featured in a January ...