"It's not community to community. It's a national system," Sen. Maria Cantwell said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,

Would a flood scale like those used for hurricanes and tornadoes have prompted different actions by Texas officals and the public before July 4th flooding?

This is false. It is not possible that cloud seeding generated the floods, according to experts, as the process can only produce limited precipitation using clouds that already exist.

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

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

A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.

President Donald Trump spoke with Fox News host Will Cain about rescue efforts in Kerrville, Texas after catastrophic flash floods on "The Will Cain Show."