The disaster that unfolded in Kerr County, Texas, shows how many communities will struggle to prepare for extreme weather as the federal government pulls back.

The White House said the NWS offices in the region were fully staffed and sent timely notices. Schumer asked for a probe into NWS staffing cuts.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.

The White House said the NWS offices in the region were fully staffed and sent timely notices. Schumer asked for a probe into NWS staffing cuts.

San Antonio Rep. Greg Casar demands, and gets, independent probe of Trump's weather-service cuts Some have blamed the National Weather Service for inadequate forecasting and warnings before ...

She said comments blaming Trump or NWS staffing levels for the deaths “are depraved and despicable.” ...

Federal funding and staff cuts The administration made cuts to the federal workforce an early priority in Trump’s second presidential term this year, and those reductions extended to the NWS.

On Thursday, the president suggested to NBC’s Kristen Welker that he will raise this universal tariff rate to 15 or 20 percent, even as he dismissed comments ... there are staffing shortages at the ...

State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the extended Fourth of July weekend. The criticism comes, as funding cuts and staff ...

The fact that the Trump administration's cuts to NWS didn't affect this most recent disaster in Texas doesn't tell us much about the wisdom of those cuts.