President Donald Trump drew on a map of a forecast for Hurricane Dorian in 2019. He did it to indicate the storm would go ...

Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people died in major Texas floods that occurred over the July 4th holiday.

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.

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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 ...

Now Neil Jacobs, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees NWS, says that he’ll make “staffing the Weather Service offices a ...

3. Jacobs emphasized NWS staffing. The service has faced personnel cuts under Trump 2.0, but Jacobs said: "I will ensure that staffing the weather service office is its top priority." ...

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.

At 5:15 a.m. July 4, 2025, the gauge recording the water level on the Guadalupe River just upstream of Kerrville, Texas, measured its height at 1.82 feet above the standard reference value. An ...

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 ...

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.