Hundreds of weather forecasters and other employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were axed by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), climate experts and lawmakers told the Associated Press Thursday night.

Hundreds of staffers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, were laid off Thursday as the Trump administration and its newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE,

Federal workforce reductions hit NOAA, the agency responsible for monitoring natural disasters and providing crucial weather forecasts across the nation.