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Did FEMA or NWS cuts affect Texas flooding response?

The Trump administration has cut staffing from both FEMA and the National Weather Service in the first half of 2025. Did those cuts affect the warning systems or disaster response to deadly flooding in central Texas?

The New York Times · 1h

Noem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Floods

The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of staffing cuts was “false.”

Fox News on MSN · 3h

Noem says criticism of federal response to Texas flooding is ‘all politics’: ‘Disservice to our country’

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defended FEMA's response to Texas flooding, calling Democrat criticism politically motivated as the agency deployed over 700 workers within hours.

Central Texas braces for more flooding

CNN on MSN · 3h

Evacuations ordered as flooding returns to central Texas

Just over a week after deadly flash floods swept through Texas Hill Country, the region may once again face a life-threatening deluge as slow-moving thunderstorms bring heavy rain, flash flooding, and rapid river rises to parts of central Texas Sunday.

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ABC News · 5h

Texas flooding live updates: Flash flood threat increases for parts of Central Texas

"Life-threatening flash flooding" is ongoing in Kerr and Gillespie Counties -- including the areas of Kerrville, Comfort, Ingram, Hunt, Mountain Home, Waltonia, Harper, Kerrville-Schreiner Park and Cypress Creek -- according to the National Weather Service.

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USA TODAY on MSN · 1h

New flooding hits battered Texas: Water rescues, evacuations underway. Live updates

A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.

7hon MSN

FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul

Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN ...

7hon MSN

Emergency crews suspend search for flooding victims in central Texas amid new flood warnings.

Emergency crews suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas on Sunday morning amid new ...

5hon MSN

New Texas flood threat halts search for victims of deadly July 4 flooding

Ground search operations were suspended Sunday in Kerr County, Texas, where crews have continued to look for those still lost ...

1don MSN

FEMA Deleted Texas Camp's Buildings from Flood Map—Report

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

2don MSN

Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after ...

8hon MSN

Texas floods latest: Death toll rises to 129 as Trump argues Texans got ‘a lot of warning’ in advance

Donald Trump has suggested that Texans were given “a lot of warning” ahead of the devastating floods in the state. “The way this happened, there was a very early warning – warned a day before, they ...

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New questions over use of alerts before devastating Texas floods

As the recovery efforts continue after devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth obtained FEMA ...

Texas State Sen. blasts ‘woefully pathetic’ flood response from Trump admin.

The Trump administration faces intense backlash for FEMA’s slow response to the deadly floods in Texas, where a number of ...

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