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2 Of 4 Bodies Swept Away In West Texas Floods Are Recovered

Posted on October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

(credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) JUNCTION, Texas (AP) — Emergency personnel have found the bodies of two of the four people swept away when raging floodwaters overtook a small city in West Texas. Texas A&M Forest Service spokeswoman Christi Powers says the bodies were found Thursday on the banks of the Llano River more than six miles downstream from where they went missing. The search for the other two continues. Heavy rains Sunday night…

USAA Begins Major Response Effort Following Hurricane Michael

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

San Antonio-based insurer USAA responded Wednesday to the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Michael with a major deployment of people and resources. The effort comes just weeks after Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane of the 2018 season, delivered damaging winds, rain, and flooding to parts of the Carolinas and Maryland. Following that storm in mid-September, USAA received more than 55,000 claims. About 100 of the company’s investigators and claims adjusters arrived after…

In Panama City Beach, Fla., Communication Suffers In Hurricane Michael's Wake

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Officials in Florida and Georgia are surveying the damage caused by a historically powerful storm. Hurricane Michael struck the Florida Panhandle yesterday as a Category 4 storm, one of the strongest to hit the region since they started keeping records, back in the mid-19th century. It tore through the Panhandle into Georgia, ripping trees from the ground, roofs from homes. It has now been…

Crews still looking for 4 missing in West Texas floods

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Updated 8:14 am CDT, Thursday, October 11, 2018 An RV park is left destroyed as the search continues Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2018, for four missing persons who were swept away from their RV park in Junction by the flooding South Llano River in Junction, Texas. (Tom Reel/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) less An RV park is left destroyed as the search continues Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2018, for four missing persons who were swept away from…

Houston volunteers helping with Hurricane Michael

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – People from the Houston area are on the ground in the Florida Panhandle helping with the response effort following the landfall of Hurricane Michael. They include crews restoring power, firefighters, and volunteers with their own boats in tow. Dustin Gideon, a volunteer from Deer Park, Texas, arrived in Pensacola before dawn on Wednesday and waited there for the hurricane to make landfall. By noon, he was on the road again, headed east toward the hurricane…

FOX 26 News Brief for Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston will release names of clergy who were credibly accused of sexually assaulting a minor. It will be among 15 dioceses in Texas to release the names of those clergy members. Police are looking for the husband of a Houston ISD bus driver. According to investigators, he attacked and killed her while she drove to work this morning. Hurricane Michael made landfall today midway along the Florida panhandle. Many people from the…

Ryan Korsgard tracking Hurricane Michael: Storm slams Florida Panhandle

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

ROSEMARY BEACH, Fla. – The lights went out where we’re staying in Rosemary Beach, Florida Wednesday afternoon, just off of FL-30A. The wind is howling, as we are just west of Hurricane Michael’s eye wall. The wind measurements show Michael is just shy of a Category 5 hurricane. As it stands, it is the strongest hurricane to ever hit the Florida Panhandle. Our last live broadcast was at noon Wednesday. After then, we changed…

State police arrest limo company operator

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) – LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges. The operator’s lawyer said that the man wasn’t guilty and that police were rushing to judgment. The company, Prestige Limousine, has come under intense scrutiny since Saturday’s crash outside Albany killed two pedestrians and…

Galveston area under coastal flood advisory through Wednesday evening

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Published 12:39 pm CDT, Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Aerial view of the Bolivar Peninsula Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Aerial view of the Bolivar Peninsula Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Houston Chronicle Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Aerial view of the Bolivar Peninsula Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Aerial view of the Bolivar Peninsula Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Houston Chronicle Galveston area…

As Hurricane Michael Reaches Florida, The Texas Gulf Will Likely Only See ‘Nuisance’ Flooding

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

As of Wednesday morning, wind and rain have started battering the shores of the Florida Panhandle, in what experts describe as one of the strongest storms ever recorded to approach landfall near Panama City. If the storm veers just a few miles east or west of the latest models, it could make all the difference in terms of potential damage. Hurricane Michael has, now upgraded to a Category 4 storm – that means wind speeds…

Texas Task Force Team Deployed to Florida for Hurricane Michael

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Seven Houston firefighters have been sent to Florida in preparation of Hurricane Michael. They are members of Texas Task Force 1, which has been activated by FEMA. “Some of the Houston firefighters, in the last just year alone, they’ve gone to now Michael, Florence, Maria, Irma, and Harvey,” Texas Task Force 1 Training Manager Stephen Bjune told News 88.7. “As soon as landfall happens, we’ll go in and start helping those local responders, those local communities that…

Houston Firefighters Respond in Florida, Hurricane Michael Causes School Delays, Culbertson And Fletcher to Debate, And More

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Wednesday, September 10, 2018 Houston first responders head to Florida Vehicles are loaded, fueled, and staged to deploy TX-TF1 to Florida in response to Hurricane Michael on October 8, 2018. Seven Houston firefighters have been sent to Florida in preparation of Hurricane Michael. They are members of Texas Task Force 1, which has been activated by FEMA. “Some of the Houston firefighters, in the last just year alone, they’ve gone to now Michael, Florence, Maria,…

Search resumes for 4 people missing in west Texas flooding

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Updated 8:24 am CDT, Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Recreation vehicles are seen strewn about at the South Llano River RV Park and Resort in Junction, Texas, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Heavy rains the area caused the Llano River to flood and about 19 people were rescued. One woman swept away by floodwaters drifted approximately 25 miles before she was rescued, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) less Recreation…

Storm brings damage to Austin area

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

AUSTIN, Texas – Lake LBJ, Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis and Lake Austin are all considered the Highland Lakes chain. The Lower Colorado River Authority was working around the clock with floodgate operations Tuesday, to keep those lakes from overflowing. The more the water comes in, particularly on these reservoirs that don’t have any flood storage like Lake LBJ, you have to match the water going out with the water going…

Llano River Flood Waters lower but continue

Posted on October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

LLANO COUNTY, Texas – Storm water poured down the Llano River Tuesday morning and pushed toward Kingsland. The water swamped RR 307 although the flood level had dropped a bit by mid morning. It churned and spilled into Lake LBJSeveral Local residents came out to take a look. It was a sight simply too hard to ignore and something to worry about. “Yeah, a little bit but is not as bad as it has been,”…

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