Neil Jacobs, Trump’s nominee to serve as NOAA administrator, told members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that a governmentwide hiring freeze, recently extended to Oct. 15 ...

President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called staffing NOAA weather ...

At first a response to extreme weather, the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act prepared agencies for a different type of disaster ...

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search ...

Privatization would diminish a central role the federal government has played in weather forecasting since the 1800s.

Before 2021, the typically temperate Pacific Northwest and western Canada seemed highly unlikely to get a killer heat wave, ...

Pennsylvania's emergency agencies, NWS and PEMA, collaborate to tackle severe weather threats, floods, and public safety challenges, even amidst funding cuts.

The state is home to 84 billionaires, including the world’s richest man, yet officials refuse to fund the social ...