The National Weather Service is dealing with staff shortages and DOGE cuts as hurricane season nears. NPR's Scott Simon asks former NWS meteorologist Brian LaMarre about the impact of the cuts.

The National Weather Service director says the hurricane center is fully staffed and that he will make sure local forecasting ...

The National Weather Service ended 24/7 operations at its Cheyenne forecasting office due to a staffing shortage and cuts by ...

As a storm system approached Jackson, in Southeastern Kentucky, on May 16, a few individuals agreed to work double shifts to ...

Troy Kimmel, a longtime meteorologist and owner of Kimco Meteorological Services in Central Texas, has expressed concern over ...

In the central region, which includes Kansas, there are currently seven vacant warning coordination meteorologists (WCM), ...

according to an NWS staffing document updated May 5. The meteorologist in charge (MIC) is the "captain of the team" at an NWS office, a former NWS official who did not wish to be identified told ...

"NWS forecast office employees are working longer shifts because of the forced staffing reductions, which is leading to severe worker burnout." The office was already short-staffed in March ...

during the ongoing annual meeting of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, leadership of several state horse racing regulators expressed continued challenges related to staffing ...

Five former directors of the National Weather Service are warning that additional cuts to the agency’s staffing could lead to unnecessary deaths during severe weather such as tornadoes ...