UN weather agency reviews priorities as funding falls short

FILE PHOTO: Maria de los Angeles Toral Sosa and other family members rest on a sidewalk, surrounded by mud and debris left behind by muddy floodwaters after a river overflowed due to torrential rains, in Poza Rica, Mexico, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. weather agency plans to cut some posts and is reviewing its priorities as dozens of countries, including the United States, are late with their fees, a spokesperson said on Friday.

The World Meteorological Organization, set up in 1951 to coordinate global data for weather forecasts, created a review task force this week during a meeting in Geneva aimed at improving early-warning systems for deadly climate disasters.