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A south Florida weather forecaster is stirring up a ‘political hurricane.’
John Morales, a meteorologist and Hurricane Specialist for NBC6 in Miami, Florida, is being blasted for going on a rant during his broadcast Monday, as he veered off into a political conspiracy instead of just reporting on the weather.
Morales claimed that the public may no longer receive accurate hurricane predictions, due to cuts made by the Trump administration affecting the National Weather Service and NOAA.
He touted his 34 years of weather forecasting, and then claimed that his predictions may no longer be reliable due to the cuts on science and the NWS. Morales said that National Weather Services office across central and south Florida are 20 percent to 40 percent understaff, and blamed it on the current administration.
WATCH BELOW:
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV đź“ş pic.twitter.com/RoR3klSXpL
— John Morales (@JohnMoralesTV) June 2, 2025
Many people are not happy about Morales’ political rant.
“Stay out of politics,” demanded Art Busch.
Stay out of politics.
— Art Busch (@buscharte7) June 3, 2025
Social media user Matthew Mills wrote, “Please don’t inject politics into your weather newscasts. You already have the equipment to do your job. Just tell me the forecast and where the rain is falling. That’s it!”
In response, Morales snarked, “Let me think about it 🤔 Okay I’m done thinking. No.”
Let me think about it 🤔
Okay I’m done thinking.
— John Morales (@JohnMoralesTV) June 2, 2025
Atmospheric scientist Chris Martz pushed back, saying in a statement, “…Most NWS offices have been underfunded and understaffed for three decades. This isn’t a new issue. When President Biden was in office, hundreds of billions of extra dollars were funneled into NOAA, yet little of it went to assist NWS operations. Where was the outrage then?”
NBC 6 South Florida chief meteorologist John Morales claimed that the Trump administration’s cuts to NOAA and their “attacks on science in general” will lead to less accurate hurricane forecasts and, by extension, the inability to inform viewers exactly where a hurricane will go… pic.twitter.com/rglIXy0mcf
— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) June 4, 2025
Morales is being shredded over his claims. Below is more of the online backlash:
You need to be fired.
— Jim Kayser (@bigracefan13) June 4, 2025
Huh. So what accounted for your industry’s abysmal forecasting PRIOR to the government cuts?
— TradCynic (@ftx_cfo) June 4, 2025
You have such strong Trump derangement you literally have let it bring you lying to the general public on TV and social media. Sad
— StormForce_1 🇺🇸 (@StormForce_1) June 3, 2025
Shame on you! You should not be pushing false narratives to your viewers. Thankfully, most will see right through your bullsht.
— Sports Patriot (@SportsPatriotUS) June 4, 2025
Any Floridian knows the weather man NEVER knows if/when it will turn! You guys are off every time. Just show the chart with all the “possible” routes and quit trying to bash the current administration.
Also there were no cuts to your abilities.
— Florida Gurl (@ST19791125) June 4, 2025
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