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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.
National Weather Service shares timeline of alerts ahead of catastrophic Texas flooding
NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of ...
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.
A perfect storm of circumstances created a worst-case scenario for flooded Texas communities
In the early hours of Independence Day, rain pelted sleeping communities in central Texas. No one knew yet how devastating ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
National Weather Service Defends Forecasts After Texas Flooding Tragedy Sparked Criticism from Local Officials
In the wake of the central Texas flash flooding, after local officials pointed fingers at the National Weather Service for ...
Search continues after Texas flash floods, as Trump addresses National Weather Service warnings
After the death toll in the catastrophic flash floods in Texas reached at least 104 people, including 27 campers and ...
Texas Officials Slam Trump’s National Weather Service for Botched Forecast
Officials in Texas are casting blame on the National Weather Service (NWS) for failing to forecast catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 27 people. NWS was among the government agencies ...
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 ...
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 ...