Weather Nominee Vows to Improve Alerts in Wake of Texas Floods

July 9, 2025, 3:22 PM UTC

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the country’s weather and climate agency said Wednesday the organization would look to leverage more technology as it assesses the aftermath of deadly Texas flooding last week.

Neil Jacobs, the nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which oversees the National Weather Service, told a Senate panel the agency could use more telecommunications and potentially satellites to send out accurate weather warnings quickly before storms.

“The weather service did a great job” in predicting and alerting people to the July 4 flash floods that killed more than 100 people in Texas, Jacobs ...

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