In response to public concern and operational challenges, the National Weather Service (NWS) is beginning to hire over 100 employees after losing nearly 600 positions due to cuts by the Trump administration. These new positions, which include meteorologists and electronic technicians, are aimed to stabilize staff levels in critical field offices. The ongoing severe weather season and the start of the hurricane season have intensified the urgency for staffing, indicating that previous cuts were excessive and impacted public safety and forecasting capabilities.
Radar is an essential part of our national weather infrastructure, to protect the American people from severe weather and dangerous storms.
The positions' categories are meteorologist, hydrologist, physical scientist and electronic technicians.
The announcement of the new hires is an admission by the administration that the job cuts went too far.
We're in the middle of a severe weather season, and I know that's put quite a strain on the system.
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