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) ...

Nominee says he would work to undo the workforce cuts from the last few months, though the process could take time.

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

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.

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said an NWS vacancy could have been why some people didn't receive flood warnings.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and ...

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