Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was alarmed by the “indiscriminate” slashes throughout the agency, which oversees everything from cutting-edge climate research to day-to-day operations that farmers and fishers rely on, as well as life-saving weather warnings.

Firings at the Office of Aircraft Operations threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning.

Miami starts the day with dense fog, clearing up for warm, sunny weather, with another cold front expected on Monday.

Democrats representing Florida in Congress signed onto a letter urging the federal government to reconsider staffing cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) ahead of hurricane season.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he supports DOGE, but also praised the National Hurricane Center and said it will probably be "OK."

The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.

Lori Arguelles, a former NOAA official, spoke to Newsweek about the biggest ways Americans could be impacted by the recent cuts to the agency.

Florida Democratic Congress members have sent a letter to the director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, urging him to reconsider slashing federal jobs held by meteorologists and hurricane experts.

Layoffs last week at NOAA’s Office of Aircraft Operations, home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning. On February 28, NOAA terminated two flight directors and one electronic engineer.

Former agency employees and leaders believe the mass NOAA layoffs could endanger critical work surrounding weather forecasting, shipping operations, and more.

Widespread firings at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could affect everything from tornado alerts to weather forecasts on your phone

More than 20 staffers were laid off Feb. 27 at NOAA's Virginia Key lab in Miami, including scientists who help improve hurricane forecasts and study valuable fish populations. Member station WLRN ...