Preparing For The Storm & Dealing With The Aftermath
Houston-area schools are making adjustments to keep students out of harm’s way as we’re seeing flooding across the Houston area Thursday night. Report any house flooding to 713-684-4000 or online at readyharris.org Here are the changes we have so far: Aldine ISD: Aldine ISD canceling school on Friday, May 10 due to inclement weather in Houston area Cleveland ISD: Closed Friday Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD: Two-hour delay Dayton ISD: Closed Friday Fort Bend ISD: Closed Friday Goodrich ISD:…
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Houston-area schools are making adjustments to keep students out of harm’s way as we’re seeing flooding across the Houston area Thursday night. Report any house flooding to 713-684-4000 or online at readyharris.org Here are the changes we have so far: Fort Bend ISD: Closed Friday Dayton ISD: Closed Friday Lamar Consolidated ISD: Closed Friday Cleveland ISD: Closed Friday New Caney ISD: Closed Friday. State and AP testing will be rescheduled for next week. Montgomery ISD: Closed…
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Boston Burins’ Chris Wagner (14) reacts after scoring on Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) in the third period to give Boston a 5-2 victory in Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho (20) celebrates after scoring on Boston Bruins’ goalie Tuukka Rask (40) to tie the score 1-1 during the first period in Game One of…
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A new round of powerful storms is causing more flooding in multiple states, with parts of the Deep South likely on the receiving end of some of the most severe weather through the end of the week that will impact about 40 million Americans. The National Weather Service cautioned residents of southeastern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to brace for a multiday barrage of dangerous heavy rain and flash flooding. The agency issued a flash flood…
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Updated 11:04 pm CDT, Thursday, May 9, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston area braced for more serious flooding as heavy rain and hail pelted the nation’s fourth largest city for the second time this week, threatening to send some streams over their banks. The National Weather Service said some areas received as much as 3 inches (76.2 millimeters) of rain an hour late Thursday. It issued a flash flood advisory for five counties in southeastern…
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HOUSTON (FOX 26) – CenterPoint Energy is reporting 88,049 customers are without lights as of 10:25 p.m. Thursday. Entergy Texas, Inc. is reporting 12,754 customers are affected by outages as of 10:25 p.m. Thursday. CenterPoint addressed the power outage saying they’re working hard to get customers’ lights back on quickly & safely. They offered some tips to minimize the impact of restoration Turn off A/C. Unplug major appliances like fridge, TVs Turn on a lamp When power is restored, turn…
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Brind’Amour after loss to Boston: ‘We’re not going to win if we don’t play it better than that’ Rod Brind’Amour addresses the media following the Hurricanes’ 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins in game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday night, May 9, 2019. By × Rod Brind’Amour addresses the media following the Hurricanes’ 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins in game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday night, May 9, 2019. By…
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Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand (63) raises his stick as Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Petr Mrazek (34), of the Czech Republic, drops to the ice after a goal by Patrice Bergeron during the third period in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Boston. Charles Krupa AP Photo BOSTON Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron scored power-play goals 28 seconds apart, and Boston scored four times in the third…
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A late push helped the Boston Bruins get past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 in the first game of the series in the Eastern Conference Final. But anyone who was worried about the Canes lacking momentum or being rusty after not playing a game in six days, rest assured it is no issue for this bunch of jerks. It was a battle of momentum as the Bruins dominated at the beginning of the game but it…
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HOUSTON – Several high-water locations were reported Thursday night as severe weather passed through the Houston area. Houston police said officials are monitoring the following locations: Briar Forest between Eldridge & Highway 6 1000 block of Hammerly 11900 block of North Fairhollow 1500 block of Blalock 2200 Ojeman Hamblen Road between Northshore & Fawn Trace (Kingwood) Intersection of Bingle Road and Hempstead Highway Houston Transtar reported the following areas as high risk: SH-288 Northbound at…
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A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Saturday evening at 7pm as we expect several more rounds of heavy rain Friday and Saturday. Floodgate operations are currently underway at Buchanan Dam and Mansfield Dam as of Thursday evening. An additional floodgate has also been partially opened at Tom Miller Dam. Scattered showers and storms are possible Friday afternoon and evening. A disturbance will move into the state early Saturday, allowing for numerous showers and…
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AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – The floodgates are open. “We’ve had a significant amount of rain fall in our watershed over the past week. As many of our central Texans are aware we’ve had some regional sized flooding throughout the Colorado River system,” said John Hoffmann the LCRS executive Vice President. The Lower Colorado River Authority spent Thursday opening floodgates across the area. For the Tom Miller Dam, they plan to partially open 2…
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AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – On average, more than 130 tornadoes form in Texas each year. That means more tornadoes happen in Texas than any other state in the U.S. Now, researchers at Texas Tech University are working on a project they hope will improve the speed and accuracy of tornado detection in the future. Next week, the “Targeted Observation by Radars and Unmanned Aircraft Systems of Supercells,” or “TORUS,” project will begin. The project…
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — You might better know Jeff Dwyer as the “Kilted Caniac.” “I’m still trying to catch up from game seven of the Washington series,” he said Thursday as he was picking out a new shirt at the Carolina Hurricanes team store next to PNC Arena. Dwyer said picking out clothes was hard because he’s so superstitious. “I have my game day routine where I pack my kilt and I have everything together,”…
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