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) ...

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

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

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

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.

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

The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its ...

A spokesperson for NOAA says staffing issues – due to recent cuts, resignations and retirements under the administration of President Donald Trump – mean the agency “will no longer be able ...

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

The National Weather Service's Wilmington, Ohio office has vacancies in 2 of 3 key leadership positions. What is being done ...

NOAA and the NWS could be cut by nearly 30% if the proposed budget for fiscal year ... it correlates pretty well with when some offices stopped releasing weather balloons due to staffing issues.