Hurricanes are some of the most difficult weather phenomenon to forecast in part due to their large size and variety of hazards, but federal funding cuts could impact our ability to forecast these tropical weather events.

As the country prepares for the next hurricane season, Miami meteorologist John Morales issued a warning about how federal budget cuts at the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will impact meteorologists’ ability to predict and track threats.

Accuracy will be crucial again in 2025, as meteorologists predict another active Atlantic hurricane season, yet cuts in staffing and threats to funding at NOAA are diminishing operations that forecasters rely on.