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NWS, NOAA layoffs begin under Musk-led DOGE, FOX4 Weather reacts
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DOGE fires hundreds of NOAA employees, including weather forecasters: ‘This is unconscionable’
Fury erupts over Trump’s firings of National Weather Service, NOAA staff
NOAA — which includes the National Hurricane Center and the Tsunami Warning Center — is the latest in a string of federal agencies targeted for cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk has spent the past month destroying the U.S. federal government with his team of DOGE goons, taking a chainsaw to USAID, NOAA, Social Security, and countless other vital agencies. And while President Donald Trump is ostensibly the guy in charge of the country,
Alabama’s preeminent meteorologist defended workers with the National Weather Service on Tuesday as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency takes aim at the agency overseeing the NWS with job and budget cuts.
Hundreds of weather forecasters and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees were fired Thursday in the latest wave of cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, sparking concern among local forecasters and emergency officials.
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DOGE-led cuts at NOAA include layoffs of hurricane and climate researchers
DOGE Targets NOAA is Latest Round of Job Cuts
DOGE Job Cuts Hit NOAA, the Agency in Charge of the Weather Service
Former NOAA officials warned that jobs cuts undermine critical weather forecasting and basic science that companies and communities rely on.
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said, as billionaire Elon Musk aims to shrink a federal workforce that President Donald Trump has called bloated and sloppy.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government spending.
Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.
The latest round of cuts carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency, led by tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk, are expected to impact at least 10% of NOAA’s workforce with more cuts potentially on the horizon.
Hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees, including weather forecasters, have had their jobs terminated, according to lawmakers and weather experts.Remaining federal workers reported that the layoffs included meteorologists vital to local forecasting at National Weather Service offices nationwide.
Elon Musk threatened to fire even more federal workers if they did not respond to his email demanding a list of five tasks completed.
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