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Kerr County lacked ‘last mile’ warning to get NWS alerts to residents before Texas flash floods
Many warnings from the National Weather Service went out to Kerr County, Texas, but the area wasn't equipped with sirens to ...
NWS warnings came hours in advance, but still may not have reached Texas flood victims
After deadly floodwaters swept through Central Texas, there are questions about the timeline of weather alerts and possible ...
Democrats call for probe into cuts at National Weather Service after Texas floods
Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing the NWS’s watchdog to probe whether Trump’s cuts worsened the recent catastrophe.
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 ...
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 deep staffing cuts to the ...
Schumer wants probe of National Weather Service response in Texas
The U.S. Senate's top Democrat on Monday asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National Weather ...
Who's to blame for Texas flooding tragedy? There is a lot of finger pointing.
The catastrophe was caused by a perfect storm of difficult-to-forecast rainfall and fast-moving water. Some wonder if budget ...
As Texas floods wreak havoc and rain moves into Ohio, what are the worst floods Ohio has seen?
In the wake of the Texas flooding disaster, parts of Ohio could also experience floods this week. Here are the worst recorded ...