Scientists warn that the Trump administration's abrupt firing of hundreds of weather forecasters and climate experts at NOAA will curtail important climate research and result in preventable deaths during extreme weather events and related disasters.

Those let go include meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.

Mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are raising alarms among former agency heads and scientists, who warn the cuts could put lives at risk and hurt the U.S. economy.

also said "hundreds of scientists and experts at NOAA" were let go. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said on social media that the job cuts "are ...