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Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts
Trump’s pick to lead the NOAA, Neil Jacobs, was chief atmospheric scientist for Panasonic Weather Solutions and has been a ...
At least 119 dead and more than 160 still missing in catastrophic Texas flooding, officials say
More than 160 people are missing and the confirmed death toll has climbed to nearly 120 after flash floods devastated parts of central Texas. Follow here for the latest.
Republican senator says hiring freeze resulted in key meteorologist vacancies
Sen. Jerry Moran rebuked the Trump administration’s hiring freeze — which has since been ended for the National Weather Service.
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Trump's NOAA pick lays out plan to improve forecasting, warnings
President Trump's nominee to lead the agency that includes the National Weather Service said Wednesday it did a "great job" ...
Federal forecast concerns surface in Texas’ deadly flooding debate
State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the ...
The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren’t keeping up
Before 2021, the typically temperate Pacific Northwest and western Canada seemed highly unlikely to get a killer heat wave, ...
How Americans think the government should respond to natural disasters, according to recent polls
But while Americans largely believed the federal government should play a major role in preparing for and responding to ...