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SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Warning is in effect for portions of Comal and Hays counties until 9:45 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Take cover immediately if you are in these areas! A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano and Real counties through 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across portions of the Hill Country through Thursday afternoon. …

SAN ANTONIO — Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across portions of the Hill Country overnight through Thursday afternoon.  A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano and Real counties through 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.  A moist and unstable airmass is in place and the area continues to receive remnants of a tropical cyclone help produce rainfall totals around 1…

A cold front will move through San Antonio by mid-morning Thursday in San Antonio. Rain chances will increase after 7 to 8 am.  Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News Update at 3:30 p.m.: San Antonio has a marginal risk for excessive rainfall on Wednesday evening, according to an updated situation report by the National Weather Service. Areas north of San Antonio and parts of the Texas Hill Country are also now under a flood watch through Thursday morning. …

Follow us here to get the latest top headlines with KENS 5 anchor Sarah Forgany every weekday! SAN ANTONIO — For the fourth time in a span of seven days, San Antonio authorities said police officers faced an armed suspect Monday night. According to SAPD officials, an unidentified teenager shot at officers arriving to the area of Rigsby and Tyne just before 8 p.m. after receiving a call for a disturbance.  Read More: SAPD: Teen…

In fact, crews say some apartments had two feet of water in them on the 7th floor of the building. SAN ANTONIO — A fire at a San Antonio high rise downtown changed from a fire to a flood in a matter of minutes Tuesday evening. Firefighters responded to the 100 block of Hickman Street near San Pedro Springs Park around 8:45 p.m. for reports of a fire in the building. When first responders arrived…

A water line break at University Health’s new $573.7 million Women’s & Children’s Hospital at the South Texas Medical Center will delay what was to be an imminent opening until fall, officials said Tuesday. A “fire sprinkler standpipe” in one of the hospital’s stairwells ruptured last week, according to a news release issued by University Health, flooding the stairwell, hallways and adjacent rooms throughout the 12-story building.  Restoration experts have been in the building to…

Separate flood insurance policies are available through private companies or a national program managed by FEMA. Hurricanes and tropical storms bring heavy rainfall and high storm surge which can cause devastating flooding, even after making landfall. And it’s not just hurricanes, rainstorms throughout the year can cause flooding to occur just about anywhere. Some people on social media claimed that homeowners insurance policies don’t typically cover flood damage. Google search data show people are also…

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, voluntarily took the bus ride from Brownsville to Los Angeles even as Tropical Storm Hilary crossed into Southern California. TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune, and can be viewed here. Texas sent three dozen migrants to Los Angeles as the city was struck by Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, which caused record rainfall and flooding in parts…

Tropical Storm Harold didn’t hit South Padre Island as hard as other areas of the Texas coast. The locals took advantage. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — As some Texans were sheltering from Tropical Storm Harold as it made landfall Tuesday morning, others were eagerly looking out their window and waiting until the exact moment it was safe enough to re-emerge—not to survey any damage, but to hit the waves.  Harold’s impact on the Rio Grande…

click to enlarge Instagram / govabbott Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a border appearance discussing Operation Lone Star. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lambasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Monday for dropping off a busload of migrants in the city as it was buffeted by Tropical Storm Hilary. As Hilary dumped 7 inches of rain in downtown LA and flash flood warnings went out across Southern California, a bus dispatched by Abbott dropped off migrants, including…

San Antonio is set to receive some rain thanks to the tropical storm, as well as lower afternoon highs. TEXAS, USA — Texas —  3 p.m. UPDATE:  A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Northeastern Bexar County, Guadalupe County and southern Comal County until 3 p.m. due to the outer bands of Tropical Storm Harold. Severe Thunderstorm Warning including New Braunfels TX, Schertz TX and Seguin TX until 3:30 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/2ILoNoTzLH — NWS…

Drenching downpour rain storm water is overflowing off the tile shingle roof – streaming, rushing and splashing out over the overhanging eaves trough aluminum roof gutter system on a suburban residential colonial style house. Willowpix/Getty Images/iStockphoto While Tropical Storm Harold continues to beat down on the coast as it works its way inland, some are just glad to see some much needed rain during a time when Texas is experiencing drought, despite the severe weather….

San Antonio is set to receive some rain thanks to the tropical storm, as well as lower afternoon highs. TEXAS, USA — Texas —  7 a.m. UPDATE: Newly formed Tropical Storm Harold located over the western Gulf of Mexico is anticipated to continue its westward motion and impact South Texas Tuesday with heavy rain and gusty winds. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches, with isolated higher amounts up to 7 inches, through early Wednesday…

Texas beaches are taking action with closures as Tropical Storm Harold moves into South Texas on Tuesday, August 22. RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto A Tropical Storm Warning and Coastal Flood Warning have been issued by the National Weather Service Corpus Christi for Padre Island National Seashore and surrounding areas. Winds are anticipated to be 40 to 50 miles per hour with gusts to 60 to 70 miles per hour, according to the NWS. In anticipation of the…

San Antonio is set to receive some rain thanks to the tropical depression, as well as lower afternoon highs. TEXAS, USA — Texas —  7 a.m. UPDATE: Newly formed Tropical Storm Harold located over the western Gulf of Mexico is anticipated to continue its westward motion and impact South Texas Tuesday with heavy rain and gusty winds. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches, with isolated higher amounts up to 7 inches, through early Wednesday…