Short-staffed NWS enters hurricane season in - Daily news Update

Lawmakers sound alarm over NWS, FEMA staff cuts as hurricane season begins

With a busy Atlantic hurricane season expected, lawmakers are raising concerns about emergency readiness and public safety

Short-staffed NWS enters hurricane season in - Daily news Update

At the start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, a pared-down National Weather Service is scrambling to deal with the realities of severe staffing gaps at the agency in charge of forecasting and preparing the public for weather-related disasters in every part of the country.  Concerned meteorologists warn that the forecasts communities have come to depend on as their front line of defense against hurricanes could suffer this year, as the N…