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National Weather Service cuts back on automatic translation services
A National Weather Service project to automatically translate certain forecasts faces an uncertain future amid widespread ...
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Severe weather overwhelms undermanned National Weather Service offices
Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather field offices show eight offices are missing more than 35% of their staff.
Michigan Amish Repair Tornado Damage Impressively Fast, Even Before The National Weather Service Could Survey
A National Weather Service survey team arrived in less than 48 hours after the tornado hit. Damage from the EF1 twister, even ...
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National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
BUT THEY WOULD WAIVE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS TO CHALLEN The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English ...
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Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it’s a risk
WASHINGTON — After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs ...
Was it a tornado? Here's how the National Weather Service decides what is and isn't a tornado
The National Weather Service is tasked with figuring out if damage after a bad storm was caused by a microburst or a tornado. Here's what NWS storm survey teams do and why the process can sometimes ...
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Here's what it would take to privatize the National Weather Service
Making forecasting information for-profit could be detrimental to Americans. Recent cuts across the federal government have raised questions about whether President Donald Trump's administration ...