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DOGE tore through National Weather Service like a tornado with mass firings. Many are being rehired

The rehiring comes after deadly flooding in the Hill Country of Texas put the cuts under scrutiny

The Independent UK

After deep DOGE cuts, National Weather Service gets OK to fill up to 450 jobs

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing

The Independent UK

As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming

Lawmakers plan to hear testimony Thursday in Kerr County. Questions remain about how state and local entities responded to flood warnings.

The Texas Tribune

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A derecho with at least one 99 mph gust swept the Upper Plains and Midwest, the weather service says

The National Weather Service has preliminarily classified overnight storms from the Upper Plains to the Midwest as a derecho

The Independent UK

Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US

Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to hot weather in the summertime, but the sweltering heat this week set at least one record, and forecasters urged residents to limit being outside if possible and to hydrate

The Independent UK

Iona strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane in the central Pacific off southern Hawaii

Hurricane Iona has strengthened to Category 3, several hundred miles south-southeast of Hawaii

The Independent UK

Heat advisories and warnings issued for Southeast and Midwest as temperatures and humidity soars

The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for the southeastern United States

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Americans Strongly Advised To Refrain From Drinking Alcohol In 18 States Due To Extreme Heat

It's so hot in these 18 US states right now that doctors are warning people to stay away from any booze.

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More than 100 million Americans to swelter in triple digit heat as new ‘heat dome’ arrives

Temperatures are expected to hit over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the day in multiple areas including parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana

The Independent UK

Texas flood protest goes to Washington: ‘No more kids lost to climate disasters’

Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: ‘They died as a result of choices – terrible and deadly choices’

The Guardian - US

Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn

US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say

The Guardian - US

Trump admin is dismantling ‘critical’ parts of California’s response to wildfires

The Trump administration has left the National Weather Service with ‘critical staff shortages,’ according to an employee union

The Independent UK

Camp leader may not have seen urgent alert before deadly Texas flood, family says

The new account by the family comes as Camp Mystic staff has come under scrutiny

The Independent UK

Americans in 11 states are told to avoid alcohol and caffeine

The National Weather Service warning came amid sweltering temperatures in some parts of the US

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System over Florida has potential to develop into tropical depression, weather service says

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week

Roll Call

Trump’s proposed NOAA cuts meet Senate appropriators’ opposition - Roll Call

Members of Congress are expressing renewed support for the nation’s weather forecasting system after deadly flooding in Texas and elsewhere.

The Independent UK

Camp Mystic reportedly waited an hour to evacuate after warnings of ‘life-threatening’ Texas floods

Executive Director Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, 70, drowned while trying to rescue some of the youngest girls

The Guardian - US

A deadly 1987 flood foreshadowed the Texas disaster. Survivors ask, ‘why didn’t we learn?’

The Fourth of July tragedy was described as something no one could have seen coming. But in ‘flash flood alley’, an eerily similar event 40 years ago holds important lessons

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The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The ‘toxic cocktail’ of climate denial, federal cuts and the Texas floods

In today’s newsletter: Amid at least 129 deaths and billions of dollars of damage, there has been little reckoning about the part global heating and cuts to public services may have played in the disaster

The Texas Tribune

Can sirens help save lives in the next flood? Yes, but there’s more to it.

While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide education on what to do in an emergency.

The Conversation

Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior

Flash floods like the one that swept down the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 4, 2025, can be highly unpredictable. While there are sophisticated flood prediction models and different types of warning systems in some places, effective flood protection requires extensive preparedness and awareness.

The Guardian - UK

How extreme rainfall in New Mexico is linked to wildfires

As the Texas flash flooding risk moved west, the National Weather Service pointed to the effect of burn scars from 2024

Texas Observer

‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’: Texans Hang On in Tragedy-Stricken Hill Country

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

The Conversation

Trump’s budget cuts are adding to risk in life-threatening floods and emergencies

Acclaimed author Michael Lewis wrote a book about the first Trump administration entitled The Fifth Risk, outlining the consequences when people who don’t understand how the government of a vast, complex and multifaceted nation works are put in charge of said government.

The Independent UK

Here are some things you can do to be better prepared for major flooding

Catastrophic floods often bring with them loss of power, cuts to key emergency communications and sudden hazardous situations that leave victims with only minutes or seconds to seek higher ground and stay safe

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