Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.

When a reporter asked Trump about concerns from Hill Country residents about the lack of warnings before the Guadalupe River’s rapid rise, the president sharply called the reporter “evil.”

This is false. It is not possible that cloud seeding generated the floods, according to experts, as the process can only produce limited precipitation using clouds that already exist.

Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to increasingly intense floods.

Meteorologist Chris Warren explains the contributing factors to the deadly Texas floods that have killed at least 82 people and left dozens missing, according to officials. While search efforts are underway,

NOAA's former leader points to staffing cuts and lack of key personnel as contributing factors in the mismanagement of recent catastrophic Texas flooding. (Scripps News)

President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway.

Texas floods leave 120 dead, 170 missing; victims include campers & children as search efforts stretch into a seventh day. This live blog is now closed.

Catastrophic flash floods in Central Texas killed at least 119 people and left more than 170 missing across several counties on July 4. Amid the ongoing recovery efforts, some have questioned if

Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people died in major Texas floods that occurred over the July 4th holiday.

Prominent scientists have defended the NWS forecasts following claims from some local officials that they didn’t have enough advance notice. Forecasters can warn of excessive rainfall days in advance, but pinpointing precise locations for flash floods requires real-time observations that only allow for hours of notice at most.