Sen. Schumer Calls for Probe of NWS After Texas Floods

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requested Monday that the Commerce Department’s inspector general investigate whether recent staffing changes at the National Weather Service hindered forecasts and emergency warnings during last week’s catastrophic flooding in Central Texas, which left at least 80 dead, the Washington Examiner reported.

Schumer called for the investigation to see whether staffing vacancies ordered under President Donald Trump compromised forecasting accuracy and contributed to the disaster’s high death toll.

In a formal request to the acting inspector general of the Department of Commerce, Schumer specifically asked the watchdog to investigate if understaffing at the NWS’ San Antonio office led to “delays, gaps, or diminished accuracy” in flood forecasting and alerts issued to local officials in Kerr County, which bore the brunt of deadly flooding along the Guadalupe River.

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