Over the weekend, President Donald Trump appeared to deflect reporters’ questions on the deadly flash floods in central Texas last week, including a question on whether his administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) affected preparedness levels in the region.

"Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season," said one critic.

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat today asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National Weather Service affected the forecasting agency’s response to catastrophic and deadly flooding in Central Texas.