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Firings at US weather and oceans agency risk lives and economy, former agency heads warn

At least 880 jobs have been lost at NOAA nationwide due to cuts from the Trump administration, according to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington.
State Climatologist Larry O'Neill warns that cuts to the National Weather Service could critically impact weather forecasts and public safety in Oregon.
Dennis Feltgen, former communications director for the National Hurricane Center, stated that reduced forecast quality could lead to lost lives and increased property damage.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to cut over 1,000 workers, about 10% of its staff, affecting hurricane tracking and storm response capabilities.

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Dems, former officials call hundreds of layoffs at NOAA an ‘assault on public safety’ • Rhode Island Current

Homeland Security officials visit the National Hurricane Center in Miami in this 2019 file photo. It's just one of the services that critics said would be affected by layoffs this week at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Photo by Tara Molle/Department of Homeland Security)Democratic lawmakers and former agency officials said Friday that more than 600 layoffs last week at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wo…

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Cuts to National Weather Service leave forecasters reeling - West Hawaii Today

Twice a day for years, meteorologists in Kotzebue, Alaska, have launched weather balloons far into the sky to measure data like wind speed, humidity and temperature, and translated the information the balloons sent back into weather forecasts and models. It’s a ritual repeated at dozens of weather stations around the United States.

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Gov. Andy Beshear responds to National Weather Service layoffs

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) -- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear responded after hundreds of weather forecasters with the National Weather Service were fired this week. Federal workers who were not let go say the layoffs include meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in offices across the country. The firings come amid efforts by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to shrink the federal workforce. "The Trump administr…

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Weather forecasts have become much more accurate; we now need to make them available to everyone

A four-day forecast today is as accurate as a one-day forecast 30 years ago.

National Weather Service staff cuts may put lives at risk, meteorologists say

ATLANTA — The firings of hundreds of National Weather Service employees will affect local forecasters’ ability to warn the public about dangerous weather, local meteorologists warn. And that could have deadly consequences when there is are tornado outbreaks or an…

2 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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Portland Press Herald

Maine Sea Grant in jeopardy after Trump administration terminates $4.5 million grant program

The move to discontinue the four-year agreement — which comes amid the White House's efforts to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget — leaves the fishery organization’s programming and 20 employees in limbo.

2 days ago·Portland, United States

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