Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requesting an update on the status of the National Weather Radio (NWR) transmitter in Galveston, Texas, which has remained offline since a fire damaged the facility on March 25, 2025.

“I am writing to express my serious concern regarding the continued outage of the National Weather Radio (NWR) transmitter in Galveston, Texas,” the letter states . “On March 25, 2025, the facility housing this transmitter was severely damaged by a fire and the transmitter has remained offline since. For 126 days, my constituents have not had access to KHB40, the service that provides advanced warning and real-time information during severe weather events. Alarmingly, 58 o

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