The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.

Hundreds of people gathered on Monday (March 3) outside National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) offices in multiple U.S. cities to protest the mass firing of employees amid reported cuts in the U.

CNN’s MJ Lee sits down with a terminated NOAA hurricane scientist, Andrew Hazelton, after the shock firing of hundreds of America’s foremost experts in weather forecasting and Earth sciences.

Government workers again push back against the Musk-led federal cutbacks — this time warning that gutting the nation’s weather forecasting and reporting could lead to billions of dollars of damage.

Protesters gathered in Boulder, Colo., following the Trump administration’s firing of hundreds of staff from the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. KUSA’s Angeline McCall explains how the job cuts could impact the community and the country.

"I was in church yesterday and I wept for my country," said former U.S. Congressman David Skaggs who organized the protest. "We need to take a deep breath and gather our courage and stand up for what we know is right.