More Storms, Less Support: How NOAA Budget Cuts May Impact Predicted Above Average Hurricane Season

More Storms, Less Support: How NOAA budget cuts may impact predicted above average hurricane season

SOUTH BEND, Ind.--The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is officially underway--and although it's quiet for you, it's expected to be an active one. NOAA is forecasting 13 to 19 named storms, with 6 to 10 hurricanes, and 3 to 5 likely becoming major hurricanes.

Experts worried Trump cuts to NOAA may leave some uninformed this hurricane season

According to NPR, Trump administration cuts caused almost 600 jobs to be lost from NOAA’s National Weather Service this year.  Now, Ex-NOAA scientists are sounding the alarm on what these and other proposed cuts mean as Florida kicks off a predicted busy hurricane season. John Cortinas is the former deputy assistant administrator for science at NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Cortinas, along with advocacy group Miami Indivisib…