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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Seth Borenstein

More tornadoes and fewer meteorologists make for a dangerous mix that's worrying US officials

APTOPIX Severe Weather Kentucky - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode.

The agency's office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency began hitting. But the weather service kept staffers on overtime Friday night to stay on top of the deadly storms, which killed nearly 20 people in the Jackson office's forecast area.

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