Weather/Emergency Information: Weather in the News
Rice, Houston-area, and Texas links for dealing with weather-related emergencies.
FEMA
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Head of FEMA removed after saying the agency should not be abolishedfrom the Washington Post
May 8, 2025 -
FEMA is losing scores of employees. What does that mean for disaster recovery?from the Washington Post
February 18, 2025 -
States caught unprepared for Trump’s threats to FEMAfrom the Washington Post
April 7, 2025 -
Trump officials working to strip FEMA’s role in disaster recovery by Oct. 1from the Washington Post
March 26, 2025 -
Musk Targeted FEMA. Storm-Battered Communities Are Paying a Price.from The New York Times
March 27, 2025 -
FEMA Cuts More Than $300 Million in Disaster Prevention Aid to New Yorkfrom The New York Times
April 7, 2025 -
FEMA Quietly Eases Rules Meant to Protect Buildings in Flood Zonesfrom The New York Times
February 14, 2025 -
FEMA Head Admits in Internal Meetings He Doesn’t Yet Have a Plan for Hurricane Seasonfrom the Wall Street Journal
May 15, 2025 -
Eight years after Hurricane Harvey, FEMA flood map updates for Harris County delayed againfrom the Houston Chronicle
May 7, 2025
Access to the Washington Post, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Houston Chronicle is available to the Rice community faculty, staff, and students through Fondren Library.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecastsfrom the Washington Post
March 1, 2025 -
NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season loomsfrom the Washington Post
May 14, 2025 -
NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disastersfrom the Washington Post
May 8, 2025 -
NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percentfrom the New York Times
March 8, 2025 -
NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fearsfrom The New York Times
February 10, 2025 -
How will hurricane-prone Houston be affected by DOGE cutting NOAA and other weather service jobs?from the Houston Chronicle
February 28, 2025 -
The US's deadliest hurricane hit Galveston in 1900. Here’s what it tells us about restricting NOAA.from the Houston Chronicle
February 7, 2025
Access to the Washington Post, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Houston Chronicle is available to the Rice community faculty, staff, and students through Fondren Library.
National Weather Center
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National Weather Service buyouts will leave gaps as storm season ramps upfrom the Washington Post
April 17, 2025 -
National Weather Service halts automated translation for alertsfrom the Washington Post
April 8, 2025 -
How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight stafffrom the Washington Post
May 17, 2025 -
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’from The New York Times
May 2, 2025 -
The Weather Service Had a Plan to Reinvent Itself. Did DOGE Stop It?from the New York Times
May 14, 2025 -
After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Downfrom The New York Times
May 16, 2025 -
Houston weather service office faces leadership gap only weeks before hurricane seasonfrom the Houston Chronicle
May 1, 2025
Access to the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Houston Chronicle is available to the Rice Community faculty, staff, and students through Fondren Library.
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