The Commerce Department acting inspector general's office will evaluate the National Weather Service’s actions around the ...

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question ...

Professional crisis communicators watched the news conferences with dismay. Deflecting blame is not helpful if politicians ...

The Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General will investigate staffing shortages at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) ...

The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

The Office of the Inspector General on Friday announced it has initiated an audit on National Weather Service staffing levels and an examination into the "circumstances" surrounding recent Texas ...

Organizers accuse the Trump administration of worsening the climate crisis and slashing jobs at federal agencies that offer ...

Flooding was possible across some parts of Southeast Texas, mainly east of Interstate 45, and in East Texas along the ...

“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how ...

A former tropical disturbance failed to form into a tropical depression before reaching the coast, but it could still have ...

Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic ...

Conspiracy theories tried to “explain” the flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal and other earlier storms. The more outlandish ...