The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its staffing levels ahead Central Texas' catastrophic flooding. The big picture: The storm that's killed at least 80 people brought federal cuts to NOAA's NWS under scrutiny after it emerged that two Texas NWS offices were missing key staff at the time,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he discussed National Weather Service funding with Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem while she was on the ground in central Texas after this weekend's devastating floods.

Many children who were attending summer camp at Camp Mystic are still missing after the floods, which began on Friday morning.