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Former NOAA administrator highlights communication gaps in Texas flood response
NOAA's former leader points to staffing cuts and lack of key personnel as contributing factors in the mismanagement of recent ...
See When Federal and Local Officials Issued Warnings About the Texas Floods
The National Weather Service began sending flash flood warnings that should have triggered cellphone alerts a little after 1 ...
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 ...
Texas flooding kills more than 100 as search continues for dozens of people
The number of dead from the devastating floods across central Texas surpassed 100 as dozens of people remain missing. In Kerr ...
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 affected the death ...
Mexico Sends Help to Texas to Deal With Floods: What to Know
Mexico has sent water rescue teams and firefighters to help in Texas after the holiday weekend floods that have killed at ...
Deadly Texas floods met with conspiracy theories. Scientists respond.
Meteorologists are debunking conspiracy theories blaming cloud seeding for the deadly Central Texas floods over the Fourth of ...
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 ...