Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.

As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.

Nominee says he would work to undo the workforce cuts from the last few months, though the process could take time.

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.

Trump’s nominee to lead NOAA said he backs the president’s proposed cuts while expressing support for the agency’s mission.

A newly released budget calls for cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The document proposes giving no funding to the agency's climate laboratories or regional climate data, and zeroing out research at NOAA weather research programs and weather laboratories. This also includes tornado and severe storm research.