Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.

A significant storm system that threatens the South, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic with severe weather — and heavy snow in the Midwest — is set to hit less than a week after NOAA saw layoffs that affected about 800 staff.

The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.

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The Trump administration reportedly began carrying out hundreds of layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday, though so far the National Weather Service office for New Orleans and Baton Rouge was not affected, an official there said.

With the Trump administration attempting to make significant spending cuts, many retirees might be wondering what the 47th president's plans are for Social Security, which distributes benefits to tens of millions of Americans each month.

Meteorologists across the U.S. were fired from the NWS, raising concerns over forecasting accuracy and emergency planning.

The NWS has personnel and weather radar in Wake, New Hanover and Carteret counties. The National Climatic Data Center, another division of NOAA, is located in Asheville.