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More flood watches are in effect in central Texas today after the catastrophic flooding that has left over 90 people dead.
“The [weather forecasting offices] had adequate staffing and resources as they issued timely forecasts and warnings leading ...
President Donald Trump's budget requests to Congress for NOAA and his plans to phase out FEMA are under the microscope after ...
A weather research lab in Norman is in the crosshairs of cuts at the federal level. For decades, it has developed forecasting ...
In Norman, scientists are working to significantly speed up tornado warnings while finding new paths to understanding deadly ...
Most U.S. weather data is still housed at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, but it also faces a proposed 26% budget cut. Funding toward the eventual replacement of NOAA's aging ...
The labs are responsible for the forecasting that the nation relies on for storm warnings and emergency preparedness.
The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.
The unrelenting assault by the government on the storm monitoring and forecasting apparatus is too alarming to ignore.” ...
Phased array radar has been used for weather surveillance and research for the past 20 years. Wes Moody, Communications Specialist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, says that the lab is ...