The Trump administration has paused work on a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of the likelihood of extreme precipitation events in a warming world — a warning of their new flash flood risk.

A massive sea creature was spotted off the coast of California with her baby in a moment deemed a “thrill” for boaters. The boaters got the chance on July 14 to witness a show – a baby humpback whale and her mama breaching, according to a Facebook post by Monterey Bay Whale Watch.

In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events.

The National Aquarium has released its final two seal patients of the season, juvenile grey seals Evergreen and Remington, after months of intensive rehabilitation.

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the Quad Cities and downstate Lincoln.

The decision by the Department of Defense to stop providing data to NOAA is just the latest challenge for the agency this year.

Amid planned cuts to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NWS Tallahassee said they will be here 24/7. Now, we're in hurricane season, they're hosting tropical trainings for neighbors.

Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions haven't kept up.

There were about 600 employee cuts at the National Weather Service — about 100 probationary employees and 500 buyouts. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would increase the National Weather Service budget by nearly 6.

The federal government relocated and stopped funding a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website that provides climate data and research on June 27, following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.