NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes.
Meteorologists and scientists warned of severe consequences last week when NOAA said, in the midst of this year's hurricane season , that it would almost immediately discontinue key data collected by three weather satellites that the agency jointly runs with the Defense Department.
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