The Trump administration denies the hundreds of reductions to the National Weather Service workforce had any effect on ...

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

Chuck Schumer asked acting Inspector General Roderick Anderson to investigate if recent NWS staff cuts affected the death ...

View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Floods come as Trump eyes NOAA cuts The deadly Texas ...

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions ...

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

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

Rep. Eric Sorensen, a former meteorologist, said he and others are pushing legislation to strengthen NWS operations and staffing.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- NY) is calling for an investigation into whether staffing shortages at these ...

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.