"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, incl

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.

Local officials have faced angry questions about whether they could have warned people of dangerous flash floods in Texas Hill Country sooner. Rescue teams from neighboring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to search for survivors,

The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has risen to at least 95, with dozens still missing. CBS News correspondent Nidia Cavazos has the latest from Kerrville. Then, Tom Fahy, legislative director of the National Weather Service Employees Organization,