Opinion
Commentary: In Trump’s war on NOAA, the losers will be Americans and the economy
Last month, close to 1,000 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration workers, including weather forecasters, were fired. The Trump administration has now told agency leaders to fire ...
Federal workforce reductions threaten public safety and economic stability, critics say
Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide ...
Severe weather outbreak possible today: Tornado watch issued for western Alabama
Alabama is bracing for two rounds of severe weather on Saturday, and the first could affect parts of west Alabama early this ...
Tornado Outbreak, Damaging Wind Gusts, Large Hail Threaten Midwest, South
The dangerous outbreak will sweep through the Midwest, South and East through the weekend. Saturday could be one of the worst ...
Monster Storm Unleashes Fires, Flooding, Hail, Multiple Tornadoes
In some extreme cases, thunderstorms can spawn a derecho, a long-lived windstorm with gusts over 100 mph, strong enough to ...
Breaking down the Storm Prediction Center’s severe storm risk categories
These risk outlooks are issued by the NOAA/National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. They divide storm risk into six different categories, with 0 meaning thunderstorms that won’t reach ...