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.

Officials in Kerr County, the hardest-hit region, said the number of missing remained unchanged since Tuesday, at 161. The floods have killed at least 120 people statewide.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough tore into Texas officials for ignoring “very clear signals” about their antiquated flood warning system. As the death toll from catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River last weekend continues to climb,

Texas Flags to be lowered to half-staff this week in honor of lives lost in Kerrville flooding, Gov. Greg Abbot orders.

The death toll from the devastating Texas floods has risen to over 110 people and at least 173 remain missing. Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad joins Ana Cabrera to break down the timeline of the flood alerts and to provide more insight on response.

At least 95 people have died in Kerr County, Texas, according to officials, after devastating flash floods swept through south central Texas on Friday, killing 119 people in the state. Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said 116 people were still missing as of Wednesday morning,