Job cuts at NOAA drive concerns about extreme weather forecasts, as climate change worsens natural disasters

Job cuts at NOAA drive concerns about extreme weather forecasts, as climate change worsens natural disasters

Andy Hazelton learned he’d been fired the same way everyone else did. Like hundreds of his colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, he received a mass email from the head of the agency at around 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 27 confirming his termination, effective immediately. “They gave us ’til 5,” said…

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Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in latest cuts to federal workforce

Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in latest cuts to federal workforce

Hundreds of staffers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, were laid off Thursday as the Trump administration and its newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, continue slashing the federal workforce. A congressional source told CBS News the layoffs affected 880 NOAA employees. An administration official told CBS News about 5% of…

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Tsunami warning canceled after massive 7.0 earthquake rattles Northern California, Oregon

A tsunami warning was briefly issued Thursday following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in California’s Humboldt County, 7 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, the National Weather Service said in a bulletin. Cellphones in the coast regions of Northern California and Southern Oregon rang out with an “Emergency Alert” at 10:51 a.m. PST. Just before noon…

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