Scant details on estimated 650 NOAA employees fired but forecasting progress likely 'compromised'
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he supports DOGE, but also praised the National Hurricane Center and said it will probably be ...
DOGE-led cuts at NOAA include layoffs of Miami-based hurricane and climate researchers
Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was ...
Will NOAA layoffs affect National Hurricane Center forecasts in Florida? What you should know
NOAA lost more than 880 probationary employees in the latest wave of federal firings, with possibly more to come.
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Fears over hurricane forecasting as federal scientists are laid off at NOAA's Virginia Key lab
Thursday's mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — including nearly two dozen in Virginia Key ...
2025 hurricane season | WESH long-range forecast reveals higher than average chance of direct impact in this region
What areas are at the greatest risk of seeing a landfalling tropical system in 2025? The overall signal this year is that the gulf will have a higher than average chance of being directly impacted ...
Meteorologist working on hurricane models says he was laid off amid DOGE cuts
RUSKIN, Fla. — Concerns are rising in Florida after hundreds of forecasters, scientists and other federal National Oceanic ...
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Owner of iconic ‘The Big Cheese’ in Miami has passed
The South Florida community is mourning the loss of a legend, who fed generations of Miami Hurricanes over the last 40 years.
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South Florida hurricane experts warn NOAA cuts could weaken forecasting
The abrupt termination of several National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees, including experienced hurricane modelers, has sparked concerns among experts about the agency’s ability to ...
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Ron DeSantis says DOGE ‘started broad’ when pressed about NOAA cuts ahead of hurricane season
“Hundreds of federal employees at the NOAA were fired yesterday as part of the DOGE cuts to the federal workforce. 1/3rd of ...
A Florida man sold his 31-foot sailboat in 2019 — then Hurricane Helene washed it ashore 5 years later. He was threatened with $1,000/day fines if he didn't remove it
Pinellas County resident John Fleming sold his 31-foot sailboat, Shenanigans — a boat he once sailed on his own from North ...
Robert Rauschenberg's Retreat for Un-Tortured Artists
An artists retreat on an island off Florida’s Gulf Coast with unfettered access to studios, screenprinting presses, a ...