Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said.

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.

When combined with Trump's federal hiring freeze, recently terminated NOAA staff said the cuts put their organization on a trajectory to break.

The layoffs that hit about 800 NOAA employees last week will hamstring the agency's fleet of hurricane research aircraft, experts warn. Threat level: NOAA's aircraft have specialized equipment that the Air Force's Hurricane Hunters lack.

House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole warned Tuesday that possible DOGE cuts to a key National Weather Service facility in his district could leave the government unable to adequately forecast hurricanes and tornadoes.

Federal workers in Western New York are facing uncertainty as mass layoffs continue across key agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs and NOAA.

Hundreds of employees were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week. The mood was grim the next morning in an atmospheric science class at the University of Missouri.

Former researchers with NOAA are speaking out about the wave of federal layoffs, raising concerns about important work that could now be in jeopardy and how their dismissals could impact the Bay Area coastline.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired

A Boston meteorologist was one of hundreds of federal NOAA employees on probationary status fired on Thursday.

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