What is Code Purple air quality? What Code Orange, Red and Purple mean
Air quality alerts can change quickly during wildfire smoke events. Here’s what Code Orange, Code Red, Code Purple and Code Maroon mean, and when you should limit time outside.
Air quality alerts can change quickly during wildfire smoke events. Here’s what Code Orange, Code Red, Code Purple and Code Maroon mean, and when you should limit time outside.
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Air quality alerts can change quickly during wildfire smoke events. Here’s what Code Orange, Code Red, Code Purple and Code Maroon mean, and when you should limit time outside.
Although the worst of the heavy rain and flash flooding is behind us, there remains concern for elevated river levels and water flows as we transition out of this 3-day flood event. -Meteorologist Kristen Currie
Life-threatening flash flooding occurred across much of the Hill Country on Thursday, and the impacts continue to be felt Friday, with concern for elevated river levels and water flows.
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Catastrophic flash flooding across the Texas Hill Country has left two people dead, Gov. Abbott reported Thursday.
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A 65-year-old man died after historic Texas Hill Country flash flooding triggered rescues and evacuations across Kerr, Uvalde, and Kendall counties following more than 28 inches of rain.
Jayla Forbes announced her commitment to Texas on Thursday, becoming the first five-star recruit for Vic Schaefer's class of 2027.
Newly installed flood warning systems were put to the test Thursday morning as historic rainfall hit the same Hill Country areas where more than 100 died in the July 4 floods a year ago.
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Amid severe flooding, KXAN visited the Hill Country Thursday to speak with summer camp operators about how the weather has affected their operations.
Texas Game Wardens and the Texas Department of Public Safety teamed up to rescue people from flood waters in Uvalde County Thursday morning.
AT&T has deployed emergency communications teams and equipment to central and south Texas as flooding continues to impact communities, according to a release.
Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief plans to send about 15 volunteers and four trucks to Uvalde on Friday to support a Salvation Army mass feeding operation.
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More than two feet of rain has fallen in some parts of Central Texas over the past four days.
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The Kerr County area was hit with approximately a foot of rain from Wednesday night into Thursday morning leading to a Flash Flood Emergency from the National Weather Service. State Representative Wes Virdell, R– Brady, spoke to KXAN on Thursday morning about how the county is ...
The moving company said in a press release Thursday that two U-Haul companies are making 17 centers available to provide 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box container use to people impacted by severe storms, flash flooding, and tornado damage this week.
Kerr County has opened three different shelters for people who are displaced from their homes as severe weather moves through the Hill Country.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott shared updates on the state's response to flooding across Texas.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is expected to share updates on the state's response to flooding across Texas, his office announced in a press release.
Two families are suing a North Dakota hospital, alleging hospital staff mistakenly switched two baby boys at birth more than 36 years ago.
On Thursday, first responders pulled off a water rescue on the Guadalupe River near Center Point as heavy rain created a Flash Flooding Emergency in several Central Texas counties.
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