Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 people.

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.

Catastrophic flash floods in Central Texas killed at least 119 people and left more than 170 missing across several counties on July 4. Amid the ongoing recovery efforts, some have questioned if

Texas floods leave 120 dead, 170 missing; victims include campers & children as search efforts stretch into a seventh day. This live blog is now closed.

Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people died in major Texas floods that occurred over the July 4th holiday.

NOAA's former leader points to staffing cuts and lack of key personnel as contributing factors in the mismanagement of recent catastrophic Texas flooding.

President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway.

Rick Spinrad points to staffing cuts and lack of key personnel as contributing factors in the mismanagement of recent catastrophic Texas flooding. Rick Spinrad, former NOAA administrator during ...

Crowds gathered Wednesday at the high school football stadium in Kerrville to sing worship songs and pray for the people who died and remain missing.