Texas, National Weather Service and flood
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At least 173 people missing in Texas floods
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More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
What were the National Weather Service forecasts? Why is it so hard to know where rain will fall? Did staff reductions at the weather service and other budget cuts by the Trump administration contribute to the catastrophe?
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.After torrential rains and flash flooding struck Friday in the Texas Hill Country,