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After Trump cuts eliminated 600 NWS employees, how many people died in the Texas flooding that exposed forecast failures?

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At least 81 people died in the Texas Hill Country flooding, with many still missing. While NWS defended its warnings as "timely and accurate," the tragedy occurred after Trump cuts eliminated 600 weat...

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