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With hurricane season and the Houston summer not far away, now is a great time to increase your knowledge of severe weather hazards. HOUSTON — Severe Weather Awareness Week in Texas was March 7-11, and we produced stories to help you with your weather knowledge, especially with Houston summer and hurricane season on coming up.  During the week, we focused on the following.  You can find safety information below: Heat Safety, Thunderstorm Safety (lightning, hail,…

There’s a severe weather threat across Southeast Texas to start the week. Here’s a look at the timing of the strong storms as well as hail and tornado potential. HOUSTON — The threat for severe weather across Southeast Texas is now looking likely for Monday night into Tuesday morning with the pronounced threats for damaging wind, large hail, flash flooding and isolated strong tornadoes. There has been an ongoing trend indicated by almost all of…

There’s a severe weather threat across Southeast Texas to start the week. Here’s a look at the timing of the strong storms as well as hail and tornado potential. HOUSTON — The threat for severe weather across Southeast Texas is now looking likely for Monday night into Tuesday morning with the pronounced threats for damaging wind, large hail, flash flooding and isolated strong tornadoes. There has been an ongoing trend indicated by almost all of…

There’s a severe weather threat across SE Texas to start the week. Here’s a look at the timing of the strong storms as well as hail and tornado potential. HOUSTON — The threat for severe weather across Southeast Texas is now looking likely for Monday night into Tuesday morning with the pronounced threats for damaging wind, large hail, flash flooding and isolated strong tornadoes. There has been an ongoing trend indicated by almost all of…

With hurricane season and the Houston summer not far away, now is a great time to increase your knowledge of severe weather hazards. HOUSTON — Severe Weather Awareness Week in Texas was March 7-11, and we produced stories to help you with your weather knowledge, especially with Houston summer and hurricane season on coming up.  During the week, we focused on the following.  You can find safety information below: Heat Safety, Thunderstorm Safety (lightning, hail,…

There are several wildfires burning across Texas. We have links to several different maps so you can track them. TEXAS, USA — Several wildfires are burning in North and Central Texas, destroying homes and buildings in its path.  And at least one person has died. Below are links showing maps to which you can track the progress of the wildfires and the communities they threaten.  According to the Texas Wildfire Public Viewer’s website, there were…

Spring Fire Department captain Tim Weiman and firefighter Jason Adams headed to Eastland County Thursday morning to assist with the North Texas wildfires. TEXAS, USA — When Texas A&M Forest Service put out the call for firefighters trained in wildland firefighting, Tim Weiman didn’t hesitate to answer the call.  “I said ‘Hey, let’s go. Let’s go up there and do a difference,’” said the Spring Fire Department captain.  Weiman along with Spring firefighter Jason Adams…

While tens of thousands of acres are burning in multiple Texas counties, the winds blew the smoke into our region Friday morning. HOUSTON — As tens of thousands of acres burn in multiple Texas locations, the smoke from those wildfires moved into the Houston area Friday morning, causing hazy conditions, poor air quality, and a burning odor throughout the region, KHOU 11 Meteorologist Kim Castro said. Winds overnight shifted out of the northwest, bringing the…

News // Houston & Texas The Eastland Complex fires in Central Texas are only 2 percent contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.  Ariana Garcia March 18, 2022Updated: March 18, 2022 9:42 a.m. Flames quickly spread through dry grass west of Abilene, Texas near Old Highway 80 Thursday, March 17, 2022.  Ronald W. Erdrich If you woke to the smell of smoke hovering over the Houston area this morning, don’t be alarmed. Winds from the…

While tens of thousands of acres are burning in multiple Texas counties, the winds have blown the smoke into our region. HOUSTON — As tens of thousands of acres burn in multiple Texas locations, the smoke from those wildfires has moved into the Houston area, and that’s causing hazy conditions and a burning odor throughout the region, KHOU 11 Meteorologist Kim Castro said. Winds overnight shifted out of the northwest, bringing the thick air from…

A wildfire near Abilene was causing a smoke smell in Houston on Friday, March 18, 2022. Smoke from wildfires near Abilene is blowing in to Houston, causing the smell wafting over the city Friday, weather officials said. Gusts from the northwest chasing out this week’s cold front are driving in smoke from fires in Eastland County, where a number of wildfires are causing massive damage over 62 miles. Smoke from #EastlandComplex to the SW of…

Winds overnight shifted out of the northwest, bringing the thick air from just under a dozen fires that are burning primarily in west Texas. That fire consumed multiple structures in Ranger, Texas, overnight, including the police department building and a 100-year-old church there. By 7 a.m. winds out of the northwest were blowing into the Houston area at around 15 mph. Conditions were impacting some aviation operations in the region, though no commercial delays were…

Wildfires are larger, more frequent and more widespread in the last 20 years than they have been before.

Flash floods hit Birmingham, Alabama, after parts of the city received up to four inches of rain. Several people had to be rescued from flooded roads.