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.

The NWS Fort Worth TX released an updated flash flood warning at 9:09 p.m. on Saturday in effect until Sunday at midnight. The warning is for Collin, Dallas and Denton counties.

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.

People awoke from water rushing around them during the early morning hours of July 4, all along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. Residents were seemingly caught off guard, but warnings had been issued days and hours before floodwaters began carrying away homes,

The NWS Fort Worth TX issued a flood advisory at 8:37 p.m. on Saturday in effect until 11:45 p.m. The advisory is for Collin, Dallas and Denton counties.

For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the breaking point when the Trump administration began pushing new staffing cuts.

President Donald Trump on Friday defended the National Weather Service’s advanced warnings of the heavy rainfall that caused catastrophic flooding in central Texas last week, killing over 120 people.

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond to natural disasters as rescuers comb through the flood-ravaged Hill Country.

Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of life.

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.