Prior to President Donald Trump's administration taking the helm, Doggett wrote the Central and South Texas NWS office had a 11% vacancy rate; as of late May, that number has doubled to 22%.

The scale of the voluntary reassignments shows how depleted the National Weather Service is as it heads into hurricane season, which begins June 1.

The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Jackson, Kentucky, lacked a permanent overnight forecaster on Friday amid severe storms threatening the eastern U.S., according to reports. Why It Matters ...

Houston’s National Weather Service office has lost its head meteorologist amid a federal requirement to cut 10% of NOAA’s staff.

NWS lost 278 employees, or about 7 percent of 4,000 employees, under the first series of NOAA cuts, according to the union. That included 170 staffers who accepted the Trump administration’s ...

Florida NWS Offices Understaffed 20-40% As Hurricane Season Starts, ... That certainly helps, but it is far below NWS numbers prior to January, which means reduced hours, ...

NWS hiring surge won’t cover all offices | Here’s what’s next The NWS got emergency clearance to hire 125 meteorologists amid a critical staffing shortage during the active hurricane season.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is seeking to hire 126 people, including at least some meteorologists, after massive layoffs at the agency left several offices understaffed. Tom Fahy ...

The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of at least four such facilities across the country that is so short-staffed that it is no longer routinely operating 24/7.

In Oregon, NWS staffs three forecast offices in Pendleton, Medford, and Portland. While the exact number of employees laid off is not known, estimates show between 500 and 1,300 people, or about ...