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Sci & Tech● Low19h ago · Nov 6, 2026, 9:18 PM

National Weather Service to relaunch twice-daily balloons to predict dangerous storms after Elon Musk’s brutal DOGE cuts

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Following the cuts, ‘we couldn't get true real-world data as often as needed,’ a meteorologist said

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