Weather

States will continue to get FEMA federal disaster aid this year but may see less assistance after changes made in 2026

What happens when the U.S.’s most trusted source of extreme weather alerts can’t staff the night shift?

Nearly 600 employees left the National Weather Service or were fired in recent months. Meteorologists say 125 expected new hires will still leave the agency dangerously understaffed

Clouds of dust blown off the Saharan Desert into the southeastern U.S. could affect local weather and make sunrises and sunsets particularly vivid

The House of Representatives’ first caucus to address extreme heat is being launched by a Democrat from the Southwest and a Republican from the Northeast

Predictions for an above-average number of storms, communities that are still recovering and cuts to the National Weather Service have meteorologists and other experts worried about this hurricane season

Doppler radar is one of the most revolutionary and lifesaving tools of modern meteorology, which has experts worried about outages because of recent staffing cuts and conspiracy theories

As hurricane season approaches, thousands of weather and disaster experts have raised concerns about NOAA and NWS budget cuts and staffing shortages

States and cities struck by deadly tornadoes and floods are begging the Trump administration for disaster aid

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