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How National Weather Service cuts are impacting emergency preparedness

Name: How National Weather Service cuts are impacting emergency preparedness
Uploaded: 2025-05-24T19:08:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: Some meteorologists say they were unable to accurately forecast an ice storm that hit northern Michigan in March because National Weather Service balloon sites were cut or reduced. CBS News Detroit Chief Meteorologist Ahmad Bajjey and CBS News' Dave Malkoff shows how the consequences could leave communities around the country less safe.

Some meteorologists say they were unable to accurately forecast an ice storm that hit northern Michigan in March because National Weather Service balloon sites were cut or reduced. CBS News Detroit Chief Meteorologist Ahmad Bajjey and CBS News' Dave Malkoff shows how the consequences could leave communities around the country less safe.