Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause the high number of deaths in the flash floods on July 4, experts said.

Rescue efforts included over 2,100 responders on the ground, private helicopters, drones, boats and cadaver-detecting dogs.

More than 100 people have died across Texas from the floods, with Kerr County taking the heaviest blow. Nonprofits, ...

The 10-year summer average of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s climate extreme index, which tracks hurricanes, heavy rain, droughts and high and low temperatures, is 58% ...