Understanding the NOAA staffing cuts

It was a quiet week of weather, but severe weather season is around the corner.

Hundreds of probationary employees within NOAA were terminated, including meteorologists at the National Weather Service. While the immediate concerns, such as the potential for more unwarned tornadoes, are clear, some of the more long-term effects arise when NOAA's data collection capabilities and infrastructure are considered. In this atypical episode, Gavin breaks down the implications and impacts of an understaffed weather service alongside its parent agency.

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