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.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- NY) is calling for an investigation into whether staffing shortages at these agencies contributed to the loss of life and property for the deadly Texas flooding. The President maintains staffing cuts did not impact the handling of the incident.

The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.