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

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

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

NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of ...

In the wake of the central Texas flash flooding, after local officials pointed fingers at the National Weather Service for ...

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) ...

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency ...

Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human attempts at weather modification are again spreading on social ...

Texas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River.

"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on July 17 that the Commerce Department Inspector General will launch a full ...

After the death toll in the catastrophic flash floods in Texas reached at least 104 people, including 27 campers and ...