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Cuts to U.S. weather agency will be felt in Canada — especially in hurricane season | Globalnews.ca

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Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr is among a growing number of Canadian meteorologists and scientists sounding the alarm about cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other NOAA employees lost their jobs last month amid sweeping layoffs across the U.S. government carried out by Elon Musk’s department.

NOAA publishes daily weather forecasts and issues warnings for tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, wildfires and floods.

“It’s life saving-information,” she added. “That’s exactly what it is.” — With files from The Associated Press .

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