Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I know this might be difficult — or downrigh ...

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

Members of Congress are expressing renewed support for the nation’s weather forecasting system after deadly flooding in Texas ...

Concerns are rising over the accuracy of hurricane forecasts this year due to staffing and budget cuts at the National ...

Amid staffing shortages and public concern over natural disasters, the National Weather Service is defending its ability to fulfill its core mission—even as it operates under the strain of past budget ...

In Norman, scientists are working to significantly speed up tornado warnings while finding new paths to understanding deadly ...

Next year's budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, amplifies previous worries with potential cuts to several key programs and projects. WGLT talks to three ...

As Congress begins talks surrounding the upcoming federal budget, a proposed 27% cut to the NOAA budget is raising alarms ...

Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said an NWS vacancy could have been why some people didn't receive flood warnings.

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.