The 100-year floods in Texas: extreme weather and failed warnings caused a human catastrophe.

On July 4, flash floods in central Texas caused rivers to rise 8 meters in 45 minutes, resulting in 109 dead and 161 missing as of July 9, 12 of whom were children. The National Weather Service of the United States due to the Trump administration layoffs led to vacancies in key positions, did not predict the storm stagnation and rainfall far more than expected, the first flash flood warning than the actual disaster 1 hour later, some residents did not receive the warning, resulting in this “once in a century” disaster losses.