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Texas Floods: A timeline of NWS alerts
July 3, 2025 (~1:18 p.m. CDT): A Flood Watch was issued for south-central Texas, including Kerr County, based on radar and model data predicting heavy rainfall through 7 a.m. on July 4. The watch highlighted the risk of flash flooding in low-lying areas and along rivers.
Texas floods fact-check: NWS and NOAA cut jobs, but Trump hasn't ‘defunded’ them
"The reason the Texans had no idea that a giant flash-flood that killed 20 plus people was going to be coming to them was because the Trump regime has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA … both of those things are how we predict weather events like these," the video’s narrator said.
Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond ...
Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said an NWS vacancy could have been why some people didn't receive flood warnings.
The National Weather Service says its Central Texas office was prepared for the devastating storms, but understaffed offices ...
Meanwhile, Texas authorities have pledged to continue search and rescue operations until every missing person is found.
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro (D) joins Ana Cabrera to weigh in on the response to the devastating flooding in his state ...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz slashed funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mere days before his state was ...
Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of life.
More than 100 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
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