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UI professor reflects on Texas flooding and proposed NOAA cuts
Professor Jeffrey Frame, who teaches and conducts research in meteorology, discusses proposed NOAA budget cuts and the Texas ...
Texas Faces New Flood Warnings Along the Guadalupe River Less Than 2 Weeks After Disaster Killed More Than 130
New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than ...
Texas Officials Question Weather Forecasts Amid Floods
"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.
Some victim searches halted, then resumed as central Texas braces for more flash flooding
Residents south of the San Saba River in west-central Texas have been ordered to evacuate because of surging waters.
Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek ...
Ahead of Texas floods, weather warnings weren’t frantic — until suddenly they were
The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.
Beleaguered Weather Service defends its forecasts as Texas officials point fingers over flood warnings
Texas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River.
Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate but Not Sufficient to Save Lives
The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the ...
Flood warning, flash flood watches as 'major flooding' forecast for Frio River
The flood warning is in effect until Tuesday, July 15, at 7 a.m. for the Frio River. NWS said that major flooding is forecast ...