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Chicago-area officials are bracing as summer storms roll in following Texas tragedy and weather service budget cuts
The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...
Sen. Maria Cantwell says improving weather warnings after Texas floods is a "national responsibility"
"It's not community to community. It's a national system," Sen. Maria Cantwell said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ...
Austin can't shake rain chances. Here's where flood risk persists in parts of Texas
Texas on Saturday faces an upper-atmosphere wave of low pressure that could trigger storms and an increasingly deep flow of ...
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These meteorologists spent years at the NWS in Texas. Here’s what they think of staffing issues.
For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...
FACT FOCUS: No, weather modification did not cause the deadly flash floods in Texas
This is false. It is not possible that cloud seeding generated the floods, according to experts, as the process can only ...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency ...
Texas Officials Did Not Use Technology That Would Have Sent Lifesaving Messages amid Flooding Tragedy: Report
A new report has found that officials in Kerr County, Texas, did not use technology that would have sent lifesaving emergency ...
Texas NWS office had no warning coordination meteorologist during the flood. Did it make a difference?
On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in ...