As catastrophic floods swept through Central Texas on July 4, several National Weather Service (NWS) offices across the state were already in crisis due to DOGE cuts.

For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...

The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said an NWS vacancy could have been why some people didn't receive flood warnings.

Retired federal scientists warn Trump administration's proposed NOAA budget cuts could be costly and harm forecast accuracy.

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key leader of its team: the warning ...

Dozens of private weather forecasters, TV meteorologists and scholars have expressed similar concerns on social media ... which proposed dismantling NOAA and privatizing weather service operations, ...

Downsizing at the National Weather Service appears to be part of an effort by Republicans to privatize such agencies.