Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts

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Source: The Guardian

More than a dozen National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices along the hurricane-prone Gulf of Mexico coast are understaffed as the US plunges into an expected active season for ruinous storms, data seen by the Guardian shows.

There is a lack of meteorologists in 15 of the regional weather service offices along the coastline from Texas to Florida, as well as in Puerto Rico – an area that takes the brunt of almost all hurricanes that hit the US. Several offices, including in Miami, Jacksonville, Puerto Rico and Houston, lack at least a third of all the meteorologists required to be fully staffed.

Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Miami-based nerve center for tracking hurricanes, is short five specialists, the Guardian has learned, despite assurances from the Trump administration that it is fully staffed ahead of what’s anticipated to be a busy hurricane season that officially started on Sunday.

The center and local field offices work together to alert and prepare communities for incoming hurricanes, but they have been hit by job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by the president, with more than 600 staff departing the NWS since Trump took power.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/trump-national-weather-service-hurricanes

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1. Trump is a menace to our health, safety and security. He is abusing the power of the office, and must be removed ASAP.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Oh, I am sure that Elon's AI can handle all that along with the Air Traffic Control traffic. AI is intended for the

public good isn't it?

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That wonderful bill.