(The Hill) — Staffing levels at the nation’s already hobbled weather, climate and oceans agency could take a further nosedive in the days ahead. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it’s progressing at a snail’s pace, forcing many offices to ...

NOAA has released its western states wildfire and drought outlook. A new wildfire mitigation consulting firm founded two years ago has started implementing site visits to properties to assess risk.

PREDICT THE BEHAVIOR AND IMPACTS OF WILDFIRES. METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN JOINS US TO EXPLAIN. YEAH, A TOTAL OF $100 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING IS BEING INVESTED SPECIFICALLY TO IMPROVE OUR ...

"Fire pit closed due to elevated fire danger warnings" sign amid dry fallen leaves at Lacey Woods Park, November 2024 (staff photo) Expect more dry weather and gusty winds this weekend, and an ...

Less than a year after being evaluated in NOAA’s Fire Weather Testbed, the automated satellite fire detection capability of the experimental Next Generation Fire Systemoffsite link (NGFS) has been ...

An ongoing lack of rain — three weeks and counting — combined with westerly winds will present a fire danger on Thursday. Forecasters say the brush fires could spread quickly given the expected ...

A fire at a recycling plant in Indiana produced so much smoke, the plume could be seen on weather radars and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite.The NOAA said its satellite in ...

Oregon's Durkee Fire — the largest active blaze in the U.S. — has burned more than 268,500 acres of land. And while that amount of lost land poses an aggressive and dangerous threat, there's another ...