After more than 20 parks were set to close on Lake Lanier because of limited staffing, only 11 will temporarily close ahead of the busy holiday weekend.

Four months after a fire gutted the Skyway Café, restoration is stalled by staffing and structural issues, leaving the ...

from climate change to your everyday weather forecasts that you get when you turn on whatever your favorite app is, to flood monitoring, flood prediction to ocean monitoring, etc.,” said Houser.

Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.

But behind the scenes, staffing shortages are pushing the agency to its limits — and raising serious concerns about future storm response.“This is a seriously challenging time,” said Tom ...