As I sit down to write this piece, the death toll in Texas has reached 135, with many more than that missing and presumed dead. A national tragedy brought about by biblical-like flooding that took ...

The Trump budget plan calls for ending some programs ship captains and other boaters rely on. A Senate plan would keep the ...

Commerce Department Acting Inspector General Duane Townsend told lawmakers this week his office will evaluate the National Weather Service's actions around the catastrophic flooding in Texas Hill ...

The Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General will investigate staffing shortages at the National Oceanic and ...

The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

NWS forecast offices across the country currently have no meteorologist in charge, including the League City office, which ...

The Office of the Inspector General on Friday announced it has initiated an audit on National Weather Service staffing levels and an examination into the "circumstances" surrounding recent Texas ...

WTOL 11 Chief Meteorologist Chris Vickers sits down with both Warning Coordination Meteorologists responsible for keeping ...

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The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced a $79.7 billion Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill that rejects ...

Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.