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Trump Administration Fires Hundreds of Weather Forecasters and Other NOAA Employees

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Hundreds of federal workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were fired on Thursday .

The layoffs constitute about 10% of the agency’s workforce.

NOAA is essential for monitoring and disseminating information about weather events across the U.S. It is hard to quantify the potential effects of the layoffs, as it is not immediately clear where all the layoffs hit.

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83

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82

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53

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formal

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English

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62

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