Did NWS Radar Experience an Outage Amid FAA Flight Ground Stop? Fact-Checking Viral Claims
\n\nThe National Weather Service (NWS) has dismissed reports of a nationwide radar outage in the US, saying its radar systems are operating normally. "In case you heard otherwise, there is no radar outage and radar.weather.gov is fully operational!" the agency said in a statement.
\n\nIt added that outdated information from isolated webpages had been circulating, but stressed that NWS radars were functioning as normal.
\n\nThe clarification came amid widespread reports of a possible disruption to the country's weather radar network, which had drawn attention because of a separate nationwide aviation shutdown.
\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had ordered all departing flights across the US to remain on the ground following a communications failure affecting air traffic control centres.
\n\nThe agency cited "extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety" in its decision to halt departures.
\n\nUS Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop had been triggered by a communications issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centres, which manage aircraft travelling across the country.
\n\n"FAA technicians are investigating the issue," Duffy said in a social media post.
\n\nIn an advisory, the FAA said: "Traffic should remain…
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