As hurricane season approaches, the Trump administration is seeking to reassign staff within the NOAA to fill dozens of “critically understaffed” positions in the National Weather Service following widespread layoffs, The Hill reported.

Employees in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will help fill 76 vacancies in the National Weather Service, according to an internal document reviewed by the Science Committee Democratic Staff.

The document reveals that the reassignment effort comes after the administration fired hundreds of NOAA employees, including staff at the NWS. Positions to be filled include meteorologists in high-risk areas such as Houston and Miami.

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