Now Neil Jacobs, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees NWS, says that he’ll make “staffing the Weather Service offices a top priority” if he’s confirmed.

As Texans reel from the deadly flooding that hit the Guadalupe River, experts are raising concerns over how mass layoffs at federal weather agencies have put communities at risk, per Newsone. According to reports,

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.

As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.

Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.

Nominee says he would work to undo the workforce cuts from the last few months, though the process could take time.

Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in Texas left more than 100 dead.

Trump’s nominee to lead NOAA said he backs the president’s proposed cuts while expressing support for the agency’s mission.

A newly released budget calls for cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The document proposes giving no funding to the agency's climate laboratories or regional climate data, and zeroing out research at NOAA weather research programs and weather laboratories. This also includes tornado and severe storm research.