Texas floods expose stakes of Trump-era weather service cuts
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On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,
"It's not community to community. It's a national system," Sen. Maria Cantwell said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
Would a flood scale like those used for hurricanes and tornadoes have prompted different actions by Texas officals and the public before July 4th flooding?
Parts of Central Texas are under yet another flood watch this weekend. The impacted areas are the same as those hit by the July 4 deadly floods.
This is false. It is not possible that cloud seeding generated the floods, according to experts, as the process can only produce limited precipitation using clouds that already exist.
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
Devastating floods tore through central Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Meteorologist Katie Horner explains what caused the rare weather event and what people in the metro need to learn before the next disaster strikes.
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New flash flooding hit parts of Kerr County, Texas on Sunday, just nine days after the same region saw devastating floods that left 129 dead. “Life-threatening flash flooding” struck Kerr and Gillespie Counties,