Usually, you have a National weather service that estimates rainfall for an area and warns you about possible disasters so you can issue warnings and pre-stage response teams… Wonder what happened to all that.
the Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.
Usually, you have a National weather service that estimates rainfall for an area and warns you about possible disasters so you can issue warnings and pre-stage response teams… Wonder what happened to all that.
According to the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/texas-floods-nws.html