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Death toll from flooding in Kerr County climbs to 103
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NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of warning.
The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.
Dallas faces a flood watch from the NWS due to potential heavy rains and thunderstorms amid high temperatures.
In the wake of the central Texas flash flooding, after local officials pointed fingers at the National Weather Service for its alerts and forecasts, the agency responded: The NWS alerts gave several hours of lead time,
The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of devastating floods in Texas.
"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
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.
Hundreds gather at high school to honor the 120 dead while 170 still remain missing - More than 170 people still missing in Kerr County and Texas Governor Greg Abbott fears more could soon be ‘added t