"If cuts to FEMA take away that ability, then our people are going to be less safe," he said.

President Donald Trump bristled at questions critical of the government’s response to deadly flooding during a visit to Texas Friday, and praised the Federal Emergency Management Agency that he had fl...

The president is expected to do an aerial tour of some of the hard-hit areas.

State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the extended Fourth of July weekend. The criticism comes, as funding cuts and staff shortages plague the National Weather Service and other emergency management agencies nationwide.

Several people remain missing from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, a girls' summer camp, officials said.