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

Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.

The Trump administration reportedly began carrying out hundreds of layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday, though so far the National Weather Service office for New Orleans and Baton Rouge was not affected, an official there said.

Hundreds of NOAA and National Weather Service employees were laid off Thursday in the latest round of federal workforce cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.

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

Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government's weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research.

The Trump administration fired hundreds of NOAA employees. Meteorologists are worried that weather forecasts will suffer and people could die.

The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.

Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration's latest federal workforce cuts, which hit NOAA and the National Weather Service.