By Emma Farge

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. weather agency plans to cut some posts and is reviewing its priorities as dozens of countries, including the United States, are late with their fees, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday.

The World Meteorological Organization, set up in 1951 to coordinate global data for weather forecasts, created a review task force this week during a meeting in Geneva aimed at improving early-warning systems for deadly climate disasters.

The WMO, whose budget is separate from the United Nations’, began restructuring in August to cut costs amid broader U.N. reforms, even as accelerating manmade climate change increases the risk of weather-related deaths, especially in developing countries where early-warning systems are lacking.

The WMO envisages cutting 26 posts

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