The firings dealt a blow to an agency that provides everything from weather forecasts to fisheries management to cutting-edge climate science in Alaska.

Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S. economy, from supporting multibillion-dollar fisheries and tourism industries to protecting coastlines from storms.

NOAA staff members, like thousands of others, were caught up in the mass terminations underway in the federal government.

More federal workers were fired in Alaska yesterday, including at least four people from NOAA’s regional office in Juneau.

The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.

Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.

An anticipated mass firing of workers started Thursday at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which could cut more than 10% of the agency’s employees, according to local and national officials.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and other employees in Seattle are among the estimated 880 agency staff fired Thursday across the U.S., according to Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office and union representatives.

At least 500 staffers, mostly probationary workers including 375 who work at NOAA’s National Weather Service offices nationwide, were notified via email.

Following the announcement from the National Weather Service (NWS) that it is suspending its weather balloon launches in Kotzebue, Alaska indefinitely

Former agency officials expressed concerns about how the downsizing would affect fisheries management, weather forecasting and other critical NOAA

ST. LOUIS — The Trump Administration's sweeping layoffs of hundreds of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday may have far-reaching impacts on future weather forecasts nationwide, including in St. Louis.