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Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in latest cuts to federal workforce

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A congressional source told CBS News the layoffs affected 880 NOAA employees.

An administration official said about 5% of the agency's staff was let go.

A source at the National Weather Service disputed this, however, telling CBS News some meteorologists were included in the cuts.

NOAA had about 12,000 staffers across the world, including 6,773 scientists and engineers.

Zoe Lofgren : "People will die and face great hardship thanks to the recklessness of Co-Presidents Trump and Musk" The Union of Concerned Scientists: " NOAA 's data and science are used routinely by weather forecasters, mariners, farmers, emergency responders, businesses" President Trump has nominatedto lead the agency.

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