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Houston care home owner creates emergency kits to help seniors during hurricane evacuations

Posted on June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

A Houston assisted living facility owner develops emergency kits and ID vests for seniors, aiming to prevent confusion during evacuations. HOUSTON — A Houston assisted living facility owner has developed specialized emergency kits and identification vests for elderly residents after witnessing the confusion and fear seniors faced during Hurricane Harvey evacuations at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Debora Nixon, owner of Nixon Home Care, created the solution after volunteering during Harvey’s aftermath. “We had…

Flooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky Mountains

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

6 minutes ago Photo: myTDOT HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) — Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains with engineers expecting the road closed for at least two weeks. The slide and flood happened Wednesday afternoon around mile marker 450 in Tennessee, just to the west of the state line with North Carolina, the Tennessee…

Erick weakens after landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a powerful Category 4 to a Category 3. PUERTO ESCONDIDO, State of Mexico — Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday as a major hurricane before moving inland and weakening as it dumped heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane’s center was located about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north-northwest of Punta Maldonado around midday. Its maximum…

Erick upgraded to an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane, US forecasters say

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Forecasters say Erick is expected to cause potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash floods over a wide area. PUERTO ESCONDIDO, State of Mexico — Southern Mexico’s Pacific coast was braced for a Thursday morning impact with the approach of Hurricane Erick, which was upgraded to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 early Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The major storm threatens to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods and…

Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Forecasters say Erick is expected to strengthen further before crashing into the coast with potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash floods. MEXICO, — Hurricane Erick powered up into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds, flash floods and a dangerous storm surge on the region in coming hours, forecasters said. Swiftly strengthening from a Category 1 hurricane hours earlier, Erick had…

Erick upgraded to an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 hurricane, US forecasters say

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

17 seconds ago Hurricane Milton (Photo: NOAA) PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Southern Mexico’s Pacific coast was braced for a Thursday morning impact with the approach of Hurricane Erick, which was upgraded to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 early Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The major storm threatens to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods and a dangerous storm surge, forecasters said. The Miami-based center reported Erick was…

Hurricane Season Week 3: Active Pacific keeps Atlantic quiet

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

As the Eastern Pacific remains active, the tropical Atlantic is dead quiet. HOUSTON — Atlantic Hurricane Season: Week 3 Week three of the Atlantic hurricane season is here, and the tropics remain in a deep sleep. Meanwhile, the tropical Eastern Pacific is alive with the fifth storm of the season barreling towards the west coast of Mexico. If we finish this week without a named storm in the Atlantic basin (which seems very likely), this…

San Antonio and Bexar County issue joint disaster declaration in aftermath of deadly flooding

Posted on June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / Eric Dietrich San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg issued the declaration on his last day in office Tuesday. San Antonio and Bexar County issued a joint disaster declaration late Tuesday in response to last week’s deadly flooding. The flooding, which began early Thursday morning, left 13 people dead, primarily as it swept along Beitel and Leon creeks in Northwest San Antonio. The disaster declaration will allow both the city and the county to seek…

Disaster declaration issued by San Antonio-area leaders after historic floods that killed 13

Posted on June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

The declaration seeks help from the state and potentially federal levels after the storms. SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio and Bexar County officials have jointly issued a disaster declaration in the aftermath of last week’s historic storms, in the process asking for help from the state “in light of the extensive damage and the concern of future heavy rainfall and flooding.” More than 6 inches of rain fell in the metro on June 12 and…

Officials issue disaster declaration after deadly June 12 flooding in San Antonio

Posted on June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Florence Co. investigators travel to Brunswick County for human remains, missing person case

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

6 minutes ago Charles Antwine Jr. (Photo: Florence County Detention Center) FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Florence County investigators are in Brunswick County, N.C., in connection with human remains found in three plastic containers at a home just outside of Lake City, according to Florence County Sheriff T.J. Joye. It centers around the investigation of a missing woman. Charles Edward Antwine Jr., 56, has been arrested in the ongoing investigation of the missing woman in Brunswick County. According…

North Carolina lawmakers clash over next round of Hurricane Helene funding

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Some Senate Democrats are now pushing for a vote on the next standalone aid package, a $464 million relief bill passed by the House last month. RALEIGH, N.C. — With less than two weeks remaining before the North Carolina state budget deadline, state lawmakers remain deadlocked over how to deliver the next wave of recovery funding to affected communities. The House has supported passing the relief as standalone bills, with many arguing it would get…

City of San Antonio launching investigation into cause of last week's deadly flooding

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge TikTok / @valmartinez88 Washed-out cars litter Beitel Creek in Northeast San Antonio after last week’s flooding. San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh said city departments will launch a joint investigation into last week’s flash flooding, which killed 13 people, KSAT reports. The City Attorney’s Office, the Public Works Department, the San Antonio Police Department and San Antonio Fire Department will lead the investigation, Walsh told the TV station. “As we grieve this loss,…

Intense flooding in Greenville left people stranded, needed to be rescued

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Roads across Eastern North Carolina and Greenville saw the impacts of flooding after more than six inches of rain fell on the area. The WITN First Alert Weather team reported that about 6.33 inches fell in the Greenville area overnight on Sunday. WITN reported that Greenville Fire/Rescue officials said they helped seven people get to safety Monday morning on Evans St., Deck St. and Charles Blvd. near 14th St. after their cars were stuck in…

'I didn't want her to die that way': Loved ones mourn SA flash flood victim Roseann Cobb

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Flash flooding claimed the life 13 people, including 41-year-old Roseann Cobb, leaving her family devastated as they await answers from the city’s investigation. SAN ANTONIO — With questions circulating and the hope that the city will find the answers, KENS 5 spoke with the family of Roseann Cobb, who was one of the thirteen flash flood victims last week. Loved ones said her kind heart will be missed. At only 15-years-old, her daughter, Sara Elliott,…

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