National Weather Service

A lot of Texas will see rain and flooding between Wednesday and Friday as the remnants of Hurricane Polo embed with a cold front pushing east across the state. Texas Public Radio's Brian Kirkpatrick reports areas along and west of I-35 could see 2-6 inches of rain, with pockets seeing 10-20 inches. Officials with the Texas Division of Emergency Management say while there is a drought right now, this much rain at once creates a risk for flash flooding and dangerous driving conditions.

The majority of tornadoes this year have blasted through states in the Midwest and Southeast, including Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa. Tornado activity has been increasing east of the Great Plains in recent decades.

For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the breaking point when the Trump administration began pushing new staffing cuts.

Also: San Antonio mourned the victims in a Travis Park vigil; UTSA said one of its teachers died in the Guadalupe River flood; Kerrville officials said a privately owned drone collided with a helicopter conducting search and rescue operations.

Dozens of people have died in the Texas Hill Country. Scores of others are missing or unaccounted for. As rescue crews continue to search for victims, those who survived are coping with the loss.

From hurricane season to ice storms, the way the state gets its alerts might change after scientists at NOAA and the National Weather Service were fired.