US Weather Analysis for 27 States Goes Dark in Funding Lapse

A firefighter extinguishes hotspots after the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Miami, Texas, in March 2024.Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg

Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed.

The websites for four US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regional centers serving 27 states across the central and southern US — including Texas, Florida, Ohio, the Dakotas and the Carolinas — are no longer accessible, according to service notifications posted on the centers’ home pages.