The US faces ‘devastating’ losses for weather forecasts, federal workers say
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Probationary employees at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been dismissed, while the remainder could face the axe as the Trump administration’s “devastating” cuts continue.
Leases for centres involved in environmental research have been cancelled, while a lease for a radar development lab has also been terminated.
Staffers, who are demonstrating outside the agency’s Maryland headquarters today, predict that the impact of the cuts will eventually be felt by US citizens, adding that it will potentially cost lives and billions of dollars.
Last week, weather balloon launches were suspended in western Alaska for the same reason.