national weather service texas storm

News

National Weather Service, Texas

Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know

After the catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas on July 4, 2025, users online claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was ultimately to blame for the flood's 100 deaths due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service.

Wired · 4d

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 flood risk.

The County · 1h

Maine’s storm preparedness may suffer under National Weather Service cuts

Those cuts have apparently extended to Maine, a state that has seen its fair share of serious flooding and storms in recent years.

Texas, Flood

TIME on MSN · 4h

Texas Officials Question Weather Forecasts Amid Floods

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

WKRG · 41m

Federal forecast concerns surface in Texas’ deadly flooding debate

State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the extended Fourth of July weekend. The criticism comes, as funding cuts and

The Washington Post on MSN · 12h

Data showed Texas’s flood risk was rising. The forecast didn’t change.

Weather model data show the National Weather Service had reason to warn of higher flood risks. Still, meteorologists said the agency had made reasonable predictions.

Black Information Network on MSN1h

How NOAA Weather Cuts Could Put Black Communities At Risk This Storm Season

As Texans reel from the deadly flooding that hit the Guadalupe River, experts are raising concerns over how mass layoffs at ...

WCPO 9 News1h

Climate change, staffing gaps tied to deadly Texas flooding

Climate change was likely a factor in the flood that devastated the Texas Hill Country.

1don MSN

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 ...

13hon MSN

How a confluence of extreme weather, geography and timing created Texas' flood disaster

Texas leads the country in flood deaths. Steep hills, shallow soils and a fault zone have made Hill Country, also called ...

The Economist3h

What went wrong in the Texas floods?

The Trump administration fired most probationary staff at the weather service earlier this year, but that did not hinder ...

Augusta Free Press4dOpinion

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 ...

1don MSN

Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas surpasses 100

Authorities overseeing the search for flood victims in Texas said they will wait to address questions about weather warnings and why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the catastrophic ...

Officials provide update on Texas floods rescue and recovery effort

Searchers have found 87 bodies; five campers and one counselor are still unaccounted for. (AP Video: Lekan Oyekanmi) ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results