Texas, flood and National Weather Service
Digest more
Texas, NOAA and Trump
Digest more
Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond to natural disasters as rescuers comb through the flood-ravaged Hill Country.
4h
The Dispatch on MSNAssessing Claims About Cuts to NOAA and NWS in the Wake of Texas FloodingAt a news conference on Friday, local officials claimed that NWS forecasts in the days leading up to the floods were inaccurate. On Saturday, Ron Filipkowski, the editor in chief
After deadly floodwaters swept through Central Texas, there are questions about the timeline of weather alerts and possible gaps in the warning system.
19hon MSN
In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather Service, as questions surface over the agency’s forecast timing, urgency and
Chuck Schumer asked acting Inspector General Roderick Anderson to investigate if recent NWS staff cuts affected the death toll from the Texas floods.
As the search for survivors continues in Texas after this weekend’s devastating flood, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is questioning whether cuts to the National Weather Service may have contributed to the death toll.
Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of life.
2don MSN
Many warnings from the National Weather Service went out to Kerr County, Texas, but the area wasn't equipped with sirens to wake residents up.
House Democrats on the Science, Space and Technology Committee called for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to address National Weather Service (NWS) staffing in a Wednesday letter. “We write to