The National Weather Service (NWS) is expected to expand its hiring efforts after facing both vacancies and public scrutiny of Trump administration cuts.

Tom Fahy, legislative director at the National Weather Service Employees Organization, told The Hill on Wednesday that he expects the service to hire for additional positions beyond the 126 that were previously reported.

Fahy said it could mean “potentially hundreds” of new jobs.

CNN first reported this week that the Weather Service planned to hire back hundreds of jobs. According to the news outlet, the NWS will be able to hire a total of 450 positions including meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians.

A Weather Service spokesperson declined to comment.

The NWS and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A

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