NOAA says El Niño is the main reason we are seeing suppressed storm activity.
A core government facility tracking severe thunderstorms and tornadoes is listed on the DOGE website as a planned office closure.
When the Trump administration ordered the Army Corp of Engineers to open the gates on two Federal dams in California earlier this year, it may have been the first shot in an evolving war on California's water and environmental protections.
NOAA is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's mandate for agencies to prepare "reductions in force," according to sources.
Former researchers with NOAA are speaking out about the wave of federal layoffs, raising concerns about important work that could now be in jeopardy and how their dismissals could impact the Bay Area coastline.
Most divisions of the agency, which employs scientists and specialists in weather, oceans, biodiversity, climate and other research and planetary monitoring fields, were affected.