Emergency alerts gave "preliminary lead times of more than three hours before flash flooding conditions occurred," the agency ...

A catastrophic Independence Day weekend in Texas will close with more rain and, in some cases, serious threats including ...

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend ...

If we lose our focus on credible science, public safety and–something that has always been bipartisan–weather forecasts and warnings, it will jeopardize the future of the National Weather Service.

LUBBOCK, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - During the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday, June 5, 2025, an intense supercell thunderstorm moved over the South Plains region of West Texas, producing several ...

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Friday would make it harder to fire most employees of the National Weather Service and give the agency’s director the authority to hire new ...

The National Weather Service says it plans to hire more than 100 additional staff members. The move follows complaints and concerns after the Trump administration eliminated more than 500 positions.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be adding over 100 staff members to its National Weather Service workforce after conducting layoffs in February.

After Staff Cuts, the National Weather Service Is Hiring Again The agency plans to hire more than 100 people after nearly 600 were laid off or retired as part of the governmentwide cuts this year.

"Several local (weather service) offices are temporarily operating below around-the-clock staffing," according to a statement from Kim Doster, director of communications for the National Oceanic ...

The tornado is not yet rated until after the National Weather Service can visit the site in-person and get eyes on the damage. “In this case, we went to the worst damage first and then just ...

There are 122 National Weather Service (NWS) offices nationwide, each of which performs critical lifesaving duties every day from issuing tornado warnings to keeping airplanes out of hazardous ...