Weather

A NOAA official says that “everything has ground to a halt” at the agency as staffers have waited for Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to review more than 200 agreements

Several devastating tornado outbreaks have cut swaths of destruction across the U.S. What’s driving these damaging storms?

The largest hail tends to form in “supercell” thunderstorms and seems to be becoming more common as climate change continues

Tornadoes are predicted across swaths of the U.S. in the coming days, likely adding to this year’s already high tally of such storms

Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring and summer

The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides funding for home heating and cooling

More tornadoes than usual have already struck the U.S. in 2025—and many of them have been touching down farther east than they had in the past

The Trump administration has proposed gutting NOAA’s cooperative institutes, which study everything from improving lifesaving weather forecasts to monitoring fish stocks

Agency officials said Monday that NOAA would continue to maintain the Joint Polar Satellite System, crucial weather satellites, after a previous memo suggested maintenance would be deferred

The decision by the Trump administration to defer maintenance of the Joint Polar Satellite System threatens to degrade the accuracy of weather forecasts

Damage surveys provide crucial information about when, where and how strong U.S. tornadoes are to better understand disaster risk

Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services have dealt a critical blow to the agency's efforts to manage rising temperatures made worse by climate change