Elon Musk’s DOGE homes in on new target: Weather forecasters

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees, including weather forecasters, have had their jobs terminated, according to lawmakers and weather experts. McLean noted that the initial round of cuts targeted probationary employees, of which there are around 375 within the National Weather Service. A National Weather Service monitoring station in Texas Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., released a statement saying: “Today, hundreds of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including weather forecasters at the National Weather Service, were given termination notices for no good reason. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said on social media that the job cuts "are spectacularly short-sighted, and ultimately will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters.” About 1,600 US Agency for International Development employees were fired earlier this week as part of the cuts.