NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS), which is a part of NOAA, are responsible for both routine and extreme weather forecasting nationwide – tracking hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires ...

Thanks to NOAA’s National Weather Service, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Americans receive accurate and up-to ...

That NOAA contractor also told NPR that the potential closure of the Maryland weather forecasting facility is especially concerning. "Anything that is getting canceled with the weather program is ...

NOAA has historically employed about 12,000 staff who work on a range of issues from climate change to managing the nation's multibillion-dollar commercial fisheries. The agency monitors and forecasts ...

One of the potential lease terminations includes a key weather forecasting center in College Park, Md. NOAA has historically employed about 12,000 staff who work on a range of issues from climate ...

(Joe Raedle | Getty Images) NOAA has historically employed about 12,000 staff who work on a range of issues from climate change to managing the nation’s multibillion-dollar commercial fisheries. The ...

How many more people might have died during Hurricane Katrina, for example, if the National Weather Service, an office of the NOAA, hadn’t issued what’s been called a “doomsday” warning.

Staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could interrupt the weather forecasts many Americans rely on. Several hundred NOAA employees have been fired. NPR's Alejandra Borunda ...

NOAA, the agency responsible for weather forecasting and ocean research, has undergone significant job cuts under the Trump administration. These cuts, part of a larger effort to reduce the size ...