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Texas, flash flood

USA TODAY on MSN · 2h

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

The catastrophe was caused by a perfect storm of difficult-to-forecast rainfall and fast-moving water. Some wonder if budget cuts made things worse.

How much rain fell in Texas that caused the catastrophic flooding?

Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours of Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Gaudalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.

Forbes on MSN · 1h

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 “despicable lie.”

Texas, National Weather Service

TIME on MSN · 21h

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.

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.

Boise State Public Radio · 1d

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.

1hon 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.

32mon MSN

Extreme weather events like Texas rain are more likely to occur due to climate change, scientists warn

Cllimate change is likely to make extreme weather events like those experienced in Texas occur more intensely and more ...

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 ...

9hon MSN

Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek ...

2hon MSN

Photos from the Texas storm

Crews search for victims of flooding that has killed almost 90 people in Texas Hill Country, with the risk of more flooding ...

7hon 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 ...

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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