NWS’s staffing was a large concern for committee members from both parties in the House and Senate.

With hurricane season underway and an above-normal activity forecast, some National Weather Service offices like Houston — where as many as 44 percent of positions are vacant ...

NWS, he said, employs 2,100 meteorologists ... and effectively and planned out.” The decreased staffing levels — which he, too, estimated was roughly 575 positions — pose a challenge to those efforts, ...

As the Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, some are raising concerns about federal preparedness after steep staff ...

Sunday marks the official start of what NOAA forecasters predict will be an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. But big ...

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

The National Weather Service lost more than 11% of its staff after layoffs, retirements and buyouts since January.

His team had bullied into Hurricane Helene’s eye when he noticed on radar that the storm looked like it was dripping stalactites. Or growing teeth.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran from Kansas has introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service meteorologists from federal ...

The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

U.S. Rep. Mike Flood has helped to introduce the bipartisan Weather Workforce Improvement Act, which is designed to reinforce ...

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...