On this First Alert 6 Weather Day, the National Weather Service office in Valley is facing a deluge of problems. Staffing shortages and fewer weather balloon launches remain an issue. In April, Congressman Mike Flood promised things would get better,

"Several local (weather service) offices are temporarily operating below around-the-clock staffing," according ... the loss of staff and resources at NWS and are deeply concerned about NOAA ...

Such improvements have cumulatively saved thousands of lives and likely hundreds of billions of dollars across the U.S. And they happened only through concerted federal government investment in studying weather events,

The NWS is already dealing with staffing issues due to the Department of Government Efficiency, under Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, cutting hundreds of its staff. One NWS ...

That leaves the nation’s official weather forecasting entity at a significant deficit – down more than 10% of its staffing – just as we head ... Perhaps most importantly, NWS issues all of the tornado warnings, hurricane warnings, flood warnings ...

As reported by the Miami Herald, the NWS, which provides Floridians warnings about extreme weather such as flash floods, extreme heat and impending hurricanes, is currently understaffed across Florida. In Miami, the NWS office appears to have six vacancies — including five meteorologists and one technician — compared to September last year.

The Pendleton office issues hazardous weather warnings for one of the largest areas in the U.S., including the Tri-Cities.

NOAA announced that it is decommissioning several databases, including its widely reported annual compilation of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

Two California National Weather Service offices will no longer operate 24 hours per day, the Chronicle confirmed Thursday, curtailing the output of an agency that issues extreme weather warnings for more than 7 million Californians in the Central Valley.