Few myths are more pervasive in American life than the notion of Texas as a bastion of “ rugged individualism ” — the idea born of lonesome cowboys and wildcat oil drillers that the Lone Star State is ...

The catastrophe was caused by a perfect storm of difficult-to-forecast rainfall and fast-moving water. Some wonder if budget ...

Forecasts and warnings largely worked during the Texas catastrophe. Those systems are expected to degrade as President Donald ...

The deadly Texas floods are drawing renewed scrutiny to Trump administration cuts at the nation’s weather and climate ...

Most U.S. weather data is still housed at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, but it also faces a proposed 26% budget cut. Funding toward the eventual replacement of NOAA's aging ...

President Donald Trump's budget requests to Congress for NOAA and his plans to phase out FEMA are under the microscope after ...

While insisting this wasn't Trump’s fault, Noem blamed previous administrations for failing to update NOAA’s “ancient” ...

The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.

As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the ...

The labs are responsible for the forecasting that the nation relies on for storm warnings and emergency preparedness.

Texas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River.