Cruz's Greece Trip Amid Texas Floods Sparks Outrage | JQJO

Texas Senator Ted Cruz faced criticism for vacationing in Greece while his state suffered deadly floods worsened by cuts to weather forecasting. Cruz, who previously inserted language into a spending bill slashing NOAA funding for weather forecasting improvements, later visited the flood site. The National Weather Service faced scrutiny for underestimating rainfall, while the Trump administration rejected claims of understaffing. Further cuts to NOAA's weather and climate research are proposed, raising concerns amid increasing extreme weather events linked to climate change.