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The National Weather Service didn’t have enough staff to send out to survey tornado damage in Louisville, Kentucky.
The NWS didn’t confirm whether that had anything to do with mass layoffs under DOGE’s cost-cutting crusade. It was also understaffed because of spring break, NWS told investigative reporter Travis Breese.
But federal workers have said there could be “devastating” losses because of cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration (NOAA) that houses NWS. In February, weather balloon launches needed to collect data for forecasts were suspended in western Alaska after layoffs.
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