Texas flooding updates: Over 130 dead as flash flood threat increases in Texas

Questions have swirled around if there was enough warning and enough staffing for the early Friday morning floods in the wake of the Trump administration's job cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

But NOAA confirmed that the National Weather Service's Austin/San Antonio office had five meteorologists working the severe weather event as part of its "surge staffing" protocol. It is normally staffed with two.

NOAA also said the NWS had forecast briefings Thursday morning, issued a flood watch Thursday afternoon and then issued flash flood warnings on Thursday night and early Friday. This gave "preliminary lead times of more than three hours before flash flooding conditions occurred," NOAA said in a statement.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, "Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie, and it serves no purpose during this time of national mourning."

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Monday, "Some people [are] engaging in partisan games and trying to blame their political opponents for a natural disaster."

"I think most normal Americans know that's ridiculous and I think this is not a time for partisan finger pointing and attacks," he said.

“I think it is reasonable, over time, to engage in a retrospective and say, at every level, what could have been done better, because all of us would want to prevent this horrific loss of life," he said.

Chuck Schumer, the Senate's top Democrat, is calling for an investigation into whether cuts made to NWS had any correlation to the level of devastation.

-ABC News’ Lalee Ibssa

The American Red Cross is one of several organizations assisting with victim support, shelter and supplies.

Click here for more information on ways you can help.

Parts of central Texas are now under a level 3 out of 4 threat for flash flooding.

Kerr County, which was hit hard by this weekend’s rain, is just to the east, outside the zone preparing for this new flash flooding.

More than 5 inches of rain is possible and rainfall rates could climb to 3 inches per hour, overwhelming the already very saturated soil.

The rain is situated over a region colloquially known as "Flash Flood Alley," which is prone to flash flood events that are exacerbated by the region's steep terrain and shallow soil.

-ABC News’ Kyle Reiman

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said 10 girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic are still unaccounted for.

"The pain and agony of not knowing your child's whereabouts, it's the worst thing imaginable," he said.

Parents were dropping off their children at camp, knowing "your child is going to be swimming and canoes and horseback riding and doing archery and making lifetime friends," he said. "And then suddenly it turns to tragedy."

"Last week, we were picking up our daughter from camp here in Hunt. Our girls have gone to camp here for a decade," he said.