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Topic: national weather service

A woman cools off at an fire hydrant in the New York City area amid a severe heat dome. The extremely dangerous weather is affecting nearly half of Americans this holiday weekend. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty Images)

Half of Americans in extreme heat zone

CK Smith
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross waits to speak at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2019 Hurricane Season Outlook press conference May 23, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Commerce secretary faces calls to resign

Shira Tarlo
US President Donald Trump and Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan update the media on Hurricane Dorian preparedness from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, September 4, 2019. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

NOAA to probe why agency backed Trump

Shira Tarlo
(Reuters/Lucas Jackson/Shutterstock/Salon)

Trump's conflicts of interest

Matthew Rozsa
(AP)

Trump chooses private sector for weather

Matthew Rozsa
An abandoned vehicle sits in flood waters on the I-10 highway in Houston, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

NWS: Harvey is unprecedented

Taylor Link
Nada Surf (Barsuk Records/Bernie Dechant)

The blizzard of 2017

Annie Zaleski

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2137532p1.html'>Frederic Legrand</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Snowpocalypse 2015

Joanna Rothkopf
(Kelly Gardner/NWS)

Lindsay Abrams
(Weather.gov)

Lindsay Abrams
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Carson Walker
Salon logo

Climate Cetral - Climate Central
(Dave Newman/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-119962p1.html'>mycola</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Monsanto's big data ripoff

Andrew Leonard
Oklahoma twister (via ABC News)

Natasha Lennard