The National Weather Service (NWS) has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists, and radar technicians just months after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and early retirement incentives severely depleted the agency, CNN reported on Tuesday.

During this Trump administration, the nation’s front-line weather forecasting agency’s staffing levels decreased by more than 550 people to below 4,000 total employees.

Those decreases in personnel had raised concerns over how prepared the country is to deal with weather-related disasters, especially as hurricane season is starting in the Atlantic. 

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