Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

Rachel Maddow highlights reporting in Texas on cuts to the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ahead of the deadly flash flooding. While early indications suggest the cuts did not directly contribute to the disaster,

"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.

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The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of devastating floods in Texas.

After the death toll in the catastrophic flash floods in Texas reached at least 104 people, including 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, an all girls camp, the Trump administration is explaining the series of warnings that were issued ahead of the floods.

According to the National Weather Service, heavy rainfall capable of producing flash floods is forecast to begin overnight Friday and persist through Sunday, affecting Northwest Texas, Far West Texas, North Texas, the Big Country, the Permian Basin, the Concho Valley, and the Hill Country, regions still reeling from last week’s disaster.

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk.

Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin is among the latest fatalities identified from the Texas floods. Odessa police say Martin was on a trip near Kerrville when the flooding occurred. Another