Rumors about National Weather Service cuts, cloud seeding, rescues and more spread online following the deadly July 2025 floods in central Texas.

This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?

From 1959 to 2019, 1,069 people died in Texas in flooding, which is nearly one-fifth of the total 5,724 flood fatalities in the Lower 48 states in that time, according to a 2021 study in the journal Water.

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.

While many questions remain unanswered, and communities across the state are only in the beginning stages of recovery, it is becoming more clear just how devastating and fatal the weather event

Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

An updated flood watch was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Saturday at 11:59 a.m. valid from 1 p.m. until Sunday 7 p.m. The watch is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Montague,

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.