Staffing Cuts at NWS and the Tragic Flooding in Texas
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- 2025-07-10
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- 2026-10-27
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Environment and Science
About 600 forecasters gone, weather balloons grounded, the billion-dollar disaster databa…
The Weather Service lost about 600 of 4,200 staff in 2025; nearly a dozen balloon sites cut launches; NOAA stopped its disaster database in May 2025; the Austin office had six vacancies on July 4, 2025. Congress refused the NOAA cut.