- Asheville's resilient lodges welcome back travelers after Hurricane Helene
- Austin leaders consider expanding wildfire protection plan
- Large hail, strong winds and tornado threat possible into Thursday evening
- Large hail, tornado threat possible Thursday evening
- 'Welcome to Aggieland Atlantis': Texas college town floods during finals week
Eye Opener: Historic rainfall hammers South Florida, bringing life-threatening flooding

Historic rainfall hammers parts of Florida, bringing life-threatening flooding and shutting down the airport in Fort Lauderdale. Also, two Tennessee lawmakers who were expelled from the state House for anti-gun protests have now been reappointed. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.