Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can respond in the future to major weather events.

Gov. Greg Abbott also directed lawmakers to tighten regulations on THC products, eliminate Texas’ high-stakes STAAR test and rein in local property tax increases during the legislative overtime, which begins July 21.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- NY) is calling for an investigation into whether staffing shortages at these agencies contributed to the loss of life and property for the deadly Texas flooding. The President maintains staffing cuts did not impact the handling of the incident.

The Trump administration denies the hundreds of reductions to the National Weather Service workforce had any effect on preparations.

The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.

As the areas in Central Texas impacted by flash flooding start working to recover from the disaster, the local business community and others have been turning out to help.

A "worst case scenario" of meteorological events contributed to the extreme flash flooding event that killed dozens of people in the region, according to experts.