Editing National Weather Service (section)

===21st century===
In 2025, the National Weather Service was deeply affected by cuts to [[NOAA under the second presidency of Donald Trump]], including staff being laid off, contracts with universities being cancelled, and restrictions on exchanges with other national weather services.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holthaus |first1=Eric |title=Inside the 'slow-rolling catastrophe' of Trump's NOAA cuts |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91291167/inside-the-slow-rolling-catastrophe-of-trumps-noaa-cuts |website=[[Fast Company]] |access-date=6 March 2025 |date=5 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="BBCFeb28">{{cite web |last1=Mackintosh |first1=Thomas |title=Hundreds in US climate agency fired in latest cuts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdell8n14x2o |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 March 2025 |date=28 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="TWPMarch1">{{cite web |last1=Dance |first1=Scott |last2=Patel |first2=Kasha |title=Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here's what that means for forecasts. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/03/01/trump-firings-noaa-nws-weather-forecast-impacts/ |website=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=1 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301223204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/03/01/trump-firings-noaa-nws-weather-forecast-impacts/ |archive-date=1 March 2025 |date=1 March 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Budryk |first=Zack |date=February 27, 2025 |title=NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5167978-noaa-firings-probationary-workers-doge/ |access-date=February 27, 2025 |website=The Hill}}</ref><ref name="Axios">{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Andrew |title=NOAA layoffs threaten weather, climate forecasts |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/02/28/noaa-layoffs-threaten-weather-climate-forecasts |website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]] |access-date=1 March 2025 |date=28 February 2025}}</ref> Entering [[Atlantic hurricane season|hurricane season]], 30 National Weather Service offices are without a chief meteorologist, in part due to Trump administration layoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freedman |first=Andrew |date=2025-05-02 |title=US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws-forecasting-layoffs-trump |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>