NOAA Employees Fired Amid Cuts

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Job cuts at NOAA drive concerns about extreme weather forecasts, as climate change worsens natural disasters

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More than 800 NOAA employees were dismissed in February 's initial sweep across the agency.

NOAA is considered the authority on forecasting, storm tracking and climate monitoring.

Many are warning that slashing its workforce could compromise the quality and accuracy of extreme weather forecasts.

NOAA could ultimately lose about 20% of its staff along with some programs they work on.

Climate scientist says job cuts will "most assuredly" affect accuracy of weather warnings.

NOAA declined to comment on the layoffs.

Climate scientist: " NOAA is the backbone for providing virtually all of the basic weather information that is needed to produce global weather forecasts" Swain and almost 150 other scientists signed an open letter to Congress and the Trump administration.

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