In an email statement, Illinois' 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen said some of the firings impacted workers at the Quad Cities branch of the National Weather Service.

National and local meteorologists — who are among the most trusted media personalities — are taking to social media to warn about the risks to public safety as President Donald Trump begins gutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

The job cuts affected multiple divisions, including the National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, former NOAA

The NOAA and weather service are the latest government agencies hit with mass layoffs. Jim Cantore, Al Rocker decry loss and talk about the impact it will have