The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was hit with significant layoffs this week, with hundreds of employees terminated in another round of job cuts spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration that has sparked backlash from many weather experts.

Hundreds gathered at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Silver Spring headquarters Monday morning in enthusiastic defiance of the Trump administration’s layoff of an estimated 650 agency workers nationwide Thursday.

A crowd of federal workers, supporters and lawmakers rallied Monday outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Maryland, protesting job cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration. News4’s Joseph Olmo spoke with Reps. Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey of Maryland.

The American Meteorological Society said the federal cuts are "likely to cause irreparable harm." Alan Holt explains how NOAA models help inform everyday forecasts.

By Brad Brooks BOULDER, Colorado (Reuters) -Over 1,000 protesters gathered outside a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, decrying Trump administration layoffs of what two current employees said were upward of 10% of scientists there.

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The NOAA and weather service are the latest government agencies hit with mass layoffs. Jim Cantore, Al Rocker decry loss and talk about the impact it will have

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