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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.
Sen. Maria Cantwell says improving weather warnings after Texas floods is a "national responsibility"
"It's not community to community. It's a national system," Sen. Maria Cantwell said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ...
Texas flooding death toll rises; new flood watch in effect
Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...
Slow-moving thunderstorms bring more flooding and some evacuations to central Texas
Just over a week after deadly flash floods swept through Texas Hill Country, the region may once again face a ...