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FILE - Vehicles, trees and houses are surrounded by floodwater in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 15, 2005. Water swelled through broken levees and left 80 percent of New Orleans flooded for days after Katrina struck. (Doug Mills/ The New York Times)

Weather

Ways hurricane forecasts have changed since Katrina

Katrina wasn’t the first hurricane to hit the city, and won’t be the last. Here’s what’s different now.

Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, gives an update on Tropical Storm Erin at the National Hurricane Center, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Hurricane Coverage

What hurricane models can (and can’t) tell us about Erin

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The storm’s likely path is coming into focus, but a lot can still change. Here’s what the forecasters look at.

Weather

Weather service is hiring hundreds after sweeping cuts earlier this year

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The federal forecasting agency plans to restore some of its losses from this year’s Trump administration cuts.

Weather

A fairly quiet hurricane season may be about to ramp up

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Experts at NOAA updated their prediction for the Atlantic on Thursday. Forecasters say there could be up to nine hurricanes before the end of November.

Longtime meteorologist John Morales is the hurricane specialist with WTVJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Miami.

Weather

A Florida weatherman’s hurricane plea went viral. Here’s why.

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South Florida TV forecaster John Morales said he was not confident he could predict the paths of storms this year, touching a nerve amid concerns about how federal cuts could affect hurricane season.

The offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Md., , USA on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. About 500 employees quit on Friday, people familiar with the matter said, just 24 hours after hundreds of employees were fired. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times)

Government & Politics

After staff cuts, the National Weather Service Is hiring again

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After losing nearly 600 employees to layoffs and retirements as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, the National Weather Service is planning to hire additional staff members to “stabilize” the department, a spokesperson said.