Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source ...

A hurricane modeling specialist fired from the National Weather Service said progress on forecast accuracy may "go backwards" ...

Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington state who chairs the Senate subcommittee that oversees NOAA, in a statement. One ...

“The hammer came down," said Craig McLean, a former chief scientist and former assistant administrator for research at NOAA. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, confirmed that about 880 ...

Widespread firings at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could affect everything from tornado alerts to ...

NOAA employs some 12,000 people. More than 700 of them are based in Washington, according to Sen. Patty Murray’s office. They are employed at NOAA Fisheries and the National Weather Service in Seattle ...

Maria Cantwell, D-Washington ... That's about 7.3% of the agency's 12,000 employees. Former NOAA officials indicate a second, potentially larger wave of terminations is expected with the ...

In total, at least 880 people have lost their jobs at NOAA nationwide, according to U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington. Officials with the agency declined to confirm details Thursday.

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, confirmed about 880 employees were being terminated, about 7.3% of the agency's 12,000 staff members. Like the others, NOAA officials were told to fire ...

Federal employees who monitor and forecast the nation’s weather and climate have been hit with a wave of mass firings.