Trump Spending Cuts, His Approach To Climate Change Attacked As Catalyst Of Catastrophic Texas Flooding

Critics of President Donald Trump wasted nary clip blaming staffing cuts astatine nan National Weather Service (NWS) for nan wide decease and demolition caused by nan floods successful Texas, a guidance nan White House called "shameful and disgusting."

At slightest 59 people, including 21 children, person been confirmed dormant from nan flash floods on nan Guadalupe River that began Friday. Eleven children and 1 counsellor stay missing from a girls' summertime campy adjacent nan river, which flooded owed to nan remnants of Tropical Storm Barry. That large wind made landfall complete Mexico, but triggered monolithic unexpected thunderstorms complete parts of Texas. 

"It only took 9 days for Trump's cuts to nan [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] to termination dozens of children successful Texas erstwhile Tropical Storm Barry landed this week," Grant Stern, nan executive editor of Occupy Democrats, wrote connected X. 

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"The group successful Texas voted for authorities services controlled by Donald Trump and Greg Abbott," added Ron Filipkowski, erstwhile national charismatic and nan editor-in-chief of MediasTouchNews. "That is precisely what they (sic) getting." 

Critics of President Donald Trump are utilizing nan catastrophic flooding successful Texas that occurred complete nan July 4th vacation to show nan devastating impacts of Trump's cuts to nan national authorities and his attack to ambiance change. (Patrick Keely via Reuters)

"What has happened to nan girls astatine Camp Mystic is EXACTLY what 1 of nan country's champion meteorologists, John Morales, warned would happen," added Rachel Bitecofer, adjunct head astatine Christopher Newport University's Wason Center for Public Policy. "Trump's cuts to nan NOAA & NWS person critically impacted large wind prediction nationwide."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a property convention Saturday, and acknowledged immoderate of nan criticisms regarding nan nation's flood notification systems, which included concerns that upwind forecasts underestimated nan magnitude of rainfall that yet fell. 

Noem noted that nan Trump management is "currently upgrading" nan nation's flood notification technology, which she described arsenic "ancient." 

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"When nan [weather] strategy came complete nan area, it stalled," Noem said during nan property conference. "It was overmuch much water, overmuch for illustration [what] we knowledgeable during [Hurricane] Harvey, pinch nan aforesaid type of strategy that was unpredictable successful nan measurement that it reacted successful nan measurement that it stopped correct present and dumped unprecedented amounts of rainfall that caused a flooding arena for illustration this."

Tom Fahy, legislative head for nan National Weather Service Employees Organization, told NBC News that upwind forecasting offices were adequately staffed, and "they issued timely forecasts and warnings starring up to nan storm," but he added that unfilled activity positions were "clearly a concern."

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Gov. Greg Abbott talk nan ongoing efforts aft flooding on nan Guadalupe River during a news convention successful Ingram, Texas, connected Saturday. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

"The logic Trump defunded nan National Weather Service starring to nan deaths of each those girls successful nan Texas flood is because PROJECT 2025 THOUGHT WEATHER PREDICTION SCIENCE WAS TIED TO EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE," musician Mikel Jollett wrote connected X. 

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Isaiah Martin, a Democratic campaigner for Texas's 18th Congressional District, called for an contiguous legislature investigation into "the Republican DOGE cuts to NOAA and nan National Weather Service."

"We saw nan affects (sic) this weekend," Martin wrote connected X. "Trump defunded these agencies and we DEMAND answers. There MUST beryllium *swift* accountability!" 

Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee did not straight blasted Trump's attack to ambiance alteration for nan deaths, but he suggested nan president's efforts to peel backmost greenish power backing are a contributing facet to accrued catastrophic earthy disasters, for illustration this weekend's flood successful Texas. 

Severe flooding was reported Friday successful Kerr County, Texas. (City of Kerrville)

"It is difficult to make nan Texas flood calamity worse, isolated from to cognize that connected nan aforesaid time Trump signed a measure cratering star and upwind power that is captious successful nan conflict against nan climate change making these torrential rains much frequent," Inslee wrote connected X this weekend. 

During an question and reply pinch CNN, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, added that he didn't deliberation it was adjuvant to person unfastened activity positions that, if filled, could "help forestall these strategies."

"I don’t deliberation it’s adjuvant to person missing cardinal unit from nan National Weather Service not successful spot to thief forestall these tragedies," Castro said, adding "we person to fig retired successful nan early really we make judge that it doesn’t hap again."

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White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called it "shameful and disgusting" to spot that successful nan aftermath of this calamity group are politicizing what took place.

"It’s shameful and disgusting that successful nan aftermath of tragedy, nan left’s first small heart is to dishonesty and politicize a disaster to target their governmental opponents. False claims astir nan NWS person been many times debunked by meteorologists, experts, and different nationalist reporting," Jackson said. "The NWS did their job, moreover issuing a flood watch much than 12 hours successful advance. The Trump Administration is grateful to nan first responders who sprung into action to prevention hundreds lives during this catastrophe, and will proceed to thief nan awesome authorities of Texas successful their betterment efforts."

Fox News' Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.