A South Florida meteorologist warned viewers that National Weather Service (NWS) shortages will impact his forecasts.

In a segment that aired Tuesday on WTVJ, a local NBC television station, meteorologist John Morales talked about previous coverage of a hurricane in 2019, saying, “confidently, I went on TV, and I told you, ‘It’s going to turn. You don’t need to worry; it is going to turn.’”

“And I am here to tell you, that I am not sure I can do that this year, because of the cuts, the gutting, the sledgehammer attack on science in general,” he added.

“Specifically, let’s talk about the federal government cuts to the National Weather Service and to NOAA,” Morales said later. “Did you know that Central and South Florida National Weather Service offices are currently basically 20 to 40 pe

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