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The New York Times |
Millions of people across several states were at risk of tornadoes and other severe weather on Wednesday.
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A particularly dangerous situation flood watch has been issued across parts of three states for Wednesday through Sunday.
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Yet again, another round of severe weather is set to threaten the central U.S. with damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes starting late Tuesday and continuing through Thursday.
According to numerous weather forecasters, the central portion of the United States is under severe threat this week of tornadoes and
Recent government cuts have raised questions about whether President Donald Trump's administration will aim to dismantle and privatize the National Weather Service.
According to a statement from the NWS on Thursday, "Effective immediately, and until further notice, the National Weather Service (NWS) is temporarily suspending weather balloon observations at Omaha, NE and Rapid City, SD, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing. Offices will perform special observations as needed."
The federal National Weather Service (NWS) has announced it has "paused" its automated language translation service "due to a contract lapse" with translation company LILT. The firm had been translating NWS forecasts, including storm warnings, into Spanish, simplified Chinese and three other languages.
Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE cuts for the Trump administration have reduced weather balloon launches, diminishing the ability to accurately forecast extreme weather, experts say.
The National Weather Service has already been forced to reduce launches of weather balloons in some locations.
Some weather balloon launches have been suspended because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service. That may hurt forecast accuracy.
San Francisco Bay Shoreline, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Santa Cruz Mountains are included in an updated report for strong thunderstorms by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 2:48