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Beleaguered Weather Service defends its forecasts as Texas officials point fingers over flood warnings
Texas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River.
Schumer asks inspector general to investigate link between NWS staff cuts and Texas flood
Chuck Schumer asked acting Inspector General Roderick Anderson to investigate if recent NWS staff cuts had an impact on the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate but Not Sufficient to Save Lives
The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the ...
Texas flood highlights deadly climate risk from extreme weather
As climate change increases the frequency of environmental disasters, experts say federal cuts could leave California and ...
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.
Texas Democrat: Possible role of NWS staffing cuts in flooding deaths should be investigated
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said Sunday that the possible role of National Weather Service (NWS) staffing cuts in recent ...
Texas Democrat seeks answers on ‘missing key’ weather personnel as flood deaths rise
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) commented on key vacancies in the National Weather Service following deadly flooding in central ...