The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its staffing levels ahead Central Texas' catastrophic flooding. The big picture: The storm that's killed at least 80 people brought federal cuts to NOAA's NWS under scrutiny after it emerged that two Texas NWS offices were missing key staff at the time,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he discussed National Weather Service funding with Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem while she was on the ground in central Texas after this weekend's devastating floods.

Many children who were attending summer camp at Camp Mystic are still missing after the floods, which began on Friday morning.

Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s house along the Guadalupe River. Nothing in the forecast alarmed him. Hours later,

At least 78 people are believed dead in six counties across Texas after the deadly floods that struck the state on the 4th of July, according to the latest information from state officials.The majority of the deaths -- 68 in all,

NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of warning.

Several people have raised concerns about how much warning people in Central Texas had before devastating flooding in areas like Kerrville. FOX 4's Kylie Capps walks through the alerts that were issued and when.

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