Fired hurricane hunter says Americans could see ‘more damage and more loss of life’ with NOAA layoffs
Fired hurricane hunter says Americans could see ‘more damage and more loss of life’ with NOAA layoffs - More layoffs are ...
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 "OK." ...
He flew into the eye of Hurricane Helene and helped improve forecasts. Then Trump fired him
(NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... As hurricane forecasts improve, that translates directly into saving lives. When Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992, causing around $27 ...
DOGE Cuts Deflate NOAA’s Balloon Network, Putting Accurate Weather Forecasts in Jeopardy
Weather balloon operations will stop or be reduced at 11 locations across the country due to staffing shortages caused by ...
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A NOAA scientist on what's at risk when the government lays off storm prediction experts
In 2024, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration counted twenty seven disasters with damages worth over a billion dollars.
Trump officials fire 800 employees at weather forecasting and oceans agency
The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...
The Numbers Are in: Hurricane Helene Deadliest in U.S. Since Katrina
Hurricane Helene, which slammed into Florida's Big Bend in late September, caused the deaths of nearly 250 people—a number ...
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Hurricane forecasts are at stake after NOAA Hurricane Hunter layoffs
But only NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft carry Doppler ... 50% of its total staff and lose 30% of its funding, according to Andrew Rosenberg, a former deputy director at NOAA and co-editor of ...
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Hurricane Hunters at risk of not meeting mission, GAO finds
NOAA and the Air Force are struggling to meet growing demand for their specialized Hurricane Hunter fleets, a new federal ...
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880 lose jobs at agency over National Weather Service, hurricane center. What is NOAA?
Andrew Hazelton, a researcher responsible for evaluating ... and the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations & NOAA Corps. The National Hurricane Center is a division of the NOAA/National Weather ...