By Valerie Volcovici, Rich McKay and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.

The people who once ran the federal weather and oceans agency say it touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways and that massive firings there could cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy.

The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.