For many people, Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer. But along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, it also means the start of hurricane season is nearly here. This particular hurricane season comes at a moment when NOAA and its agencies are being cut and facing their own turmoil.

The U.S. government predicts an above-normal hurricane season in 2025 despite significant staffing and budget cuts at the NOAA. Officials assert that forecasting abilities will remain unaffected, utilizing multiple data sources.

Lawmakers have fended off major cuts in NOAA for now. But the idea of cutting the services has Rep. Frank Lucas lawmaker feeling sick.

NWS forecast offices across the country currently have no meteorologist in charge, including the League City office, which serves Greater Houston.

Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring an

The National Weather Service is offering transfers to meteorologists to fill staffing vacancies after Trump administration budget and staff cuts.

Staff and budget cuts at local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are degrading weather forecasts and adding chaos to New England's commercial fisheries. Proposed additional cuts could throw fisheries,

Two retired hurricane experts are sounding the alarm over proposed federal budget cuts that they say could seriously undermine the accuracy of hurricane forecasts and put coastal communities at greater risk this storm season.

While changes at NOAA would have an outsized effect on Oklahoma, which saw a record-breaking 152 tornadoes in 2024, members of its delegation are not the only Republicans signaling they’d be opposed to certain cuts.