Texas, National Weather Service and flood
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Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.
What were the National Weather Service forecasts? Why is it so hard to know where rain will fall? Did staff reductions at the weather service and other budget cuts by the Trump administration contribute to the catastrophe?
Emergency responders continue to search for missing people and local police said efforts have been slowed by "sightseers who are making things worse."
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.After torrential rains and flash flooding struck Friday in the Texas Hill Country,