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USA TODAY on MSN · 1h

Who's to blame for Texas flooding tragedy? There is a lot of finger pointing.

What were the National Weather Service forecasts? Why is it so hard to know where rain will fall? Did staff reductions at the weather service and other budget cuts by the Trump administration contribute to the catastrophe?

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Texas Hill Country is no stranger to flash floods. Why were so many caught off guard?

When the precipitation intensified in the early morning hours Friday, many people failed to receive or respond to flood warnings at riverside campsites known to be in the floodplain.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding

Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s house along the Guadalupe River. Nothing in the forecast alarmed him. Hours later,

Texas, National Weather Service

TIME on MSN · 1d

Experts Question If Weather Service Was Operating at Its Best Ahead of Texas Floods Amid Trump’s Cuts

"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.

KERA News · 3h

How good was the forecast? Texas officials and the National Weather Service disagree

As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the weather forecasts ahead of and during the storm.

The New York Times · 1d

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

4hon MSN

Democrats call for probe into cuts at National Weather Service after Texas floods

Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing the NWS’s watchdog to probe whether Trump’s cuts worsened the recent catastrophe.

2h

NWS union says Central Texas office was prepared, but understaffed offices may not be

NWS forecasters union says there was adequate staffing when deadly floods swept through Central Texas, but warns other ...

2d

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend ...

55m

Live updates: Texas flooding kills at least 104, including Camp Mystic counselors and campers

Forecasters warn slow-moving thunderstorms could cause more flash flooding over Texas today. DOZENS KILLED: At least 95 ...

11hon MSN

Schumer demands investigation of Trump Weather Service vacancies in wake of Texas flooding

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is demanding that the Commerce Department’s inspector general investigate ...

1hon MSN

Trump’s proposed cuts to climate and disaster agencies under microscope after Texas floods

President Donald Trump's budget requests to Congress for NOAA and his plans to phase out FEMA are under the microscope after ...

4hon MSN

Was Texas Warned Of Flooding Properly? Here’s What We Know

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said blaming the Trump administration’s cuts for exacerbating the disaster was a ...

Augusta Free Press2dOpinion

Did the DOGE layoffs at the National Weather Service just kill a bunch of people?

A storm that dumped more than a foot of rain in the Texas Hill Country has killed 27 people, and officials there are blaming ...

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