An updated flood advisory was released by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Saturday at 3:25 p.m. in effect until 5 p.m. for Burke County.

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can respond in the future to major weather events.

After deadly floodwaters swept through Central Texas, there are questions about the timeline of weather alerts and possible gaps in the warning system.

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.

Dallas faces a flood watch from the NWS due to potential heavy rains and thunderstorms amid high temperatures.

At 6:56 p.m. on Thursday, the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released an updated flash flood warning in effect until 9 p.m. for Dare County.

President Donald Trump on Friday defended the National Weather Service’s advanced warnings of the heavy rainfall that caused catastrophic flooding in central Texas last week, killing over 120 people.

Alert fatigue may have led some residents to ignore warnings. Spotty cell service also could have kept some alerts from coming in at all.