As a storm system approached Jackson, in Southeastern Kentucky, on May 16, a few individuals agreed to work double shifts to ...

Additionally, there was no evidence that tornado sirens in the area had been deactivated by the Trump administration's budget ...

Did alerts go out? What type of alerts did people receive? National Weather Service and others have said the Jackson office ...

LONDON, Ky. — The massive EF-4 tornado that killed 19 people in Kentucky last Friday tore through three counties leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. According to the National Weather Service ...

The impact of staffing cuts to the National Weather Service was tested on Friday when an eastern Kentucky office had to use ...

Preliminary storm surveys from the National Weather Service have confirmed significant tornado damage across multiple ...

The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut ...

Survey teams were still working to assess damage into the evening Sunday, but officials said they have already documented ...

The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of a growing number of forecast offices unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration cut staffing levels through buyouts and firings.

The tornado that hit Pulaski, Laurel and Russell counties late Friday was an EF-4, with winds of 170 miles per hour, the ...

As destructive and deadly tornadoes bore down on Kentucky, National Weather Service officials triaged to provide life-saving forecasts and warnings amid federal staffing cuts. At least 23 people ...

Lacy Castle surveyed the damage to his home and back patio on Cedar Ridge Drive in the Crooked Creek neighborhood east of London, Ky., Sunday, May 18, 2025. Two days earlier, thunderstorms and a ...