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Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond ...
After the catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas on July 4, 2025, users online claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Forecasters warn that slow-moving storms could bring heavy downpours to already saturated areas, increasing the risk of flash ...
The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of ...
NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of ...
Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...
Weather model data shows the National Weather Service had reason to warn of higher flood risks. Still, meteorologists say the agency made reasonable predictions.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.
"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.
DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend ...
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency ...
Officials in Texas are casting blame on the National Weather Service (NWS) for failing to forecast catastrophic flooding that ...