WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service is now in the process of hiring back hundreds of workers following massive cuts and a federal hiring freeze , according to multiple media reports.

CNN was first to report Tuesday that the weather service will be hiring 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians. POLITICO'S E&E News also confirmed the development on Wednesday.

An official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told CNN the re-hires will include 126 new positions that were previously approved and funded. Those jobs are reportedly labeled as 'front-line mission critical' to the agency.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency cuts gutted NWS and NOAA — which provide daily weather forecasts, up-to-the-minute severe storm warnings, climate monitor

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