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Debate Erupts over Role Job Cuts Played in Deadly Texas Floods
CENTRAL TEXAS, JUL 9 – Staffing at National Weather Service offices was reduced by 20% or more in nearly half of its field offices, raising concerns about the impact on flood warning communication and disaster preparedness.
- During the July 4 holiday weekend, unprecedented flash floods tore through Central Texas’s Hill Country, killing dozens and overwhelming response systems.
- Five ex-NWS directors warned on May 2, 2025, that deep NOAA budget cuts would cripple forecasting, citing risks to disaster preparedness.
- Rain that began July 2, 2025 in central Texas’s Hill Country sent the Guadalupe River surging 26 feet in 45 minutes, intensifying flood risks.
- While officials cited the need for robust alerts, Erica Grow Cei, National Weather Service spokesperson, said both forecast offices were fully staffed during the floods.
- Looking ahead, a 27% reduction in NOAA funding, as proposed by the president’s next-year spending plan, would weaken federal disaster response capacity.
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Trump is gutting weather science and reducing disaster response
In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say. Staff reductions, budget cuts and other changes made by the administration since January have already created holes at the National Weather Service, which forecasts and war…
The number of deaths from the flood disaster in Texas continues to rise - but US President Donald Trump rejects any co-indebtedness even though he fired weather experts in series who could have warned of the storm event.
For the flood disaster, cuts in the weather service by the American government were cited as a reason. However, the predictions were sufficient, the causes of the disaster lie elsewhere.
How NOAA cuts could affect you
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — State representatives are blaming National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service cuts as reasons why the Texas flooding tragedy occurred. NOAA is currently understaffed by 20-40% and the Trump administration plans to cut even more funding. Under the bill $200 million more would be taken away, totaling $2.2 billion dollars cut from their budget. This would cause NOAA to close all of thei…
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