Author: WeatherPreppers

We’re tracking another round of intense storms that could bring widespread damaging winds. DALLAS — Watch live radar and regular forecast updates from our meteorologists on our Smart TV streaming app WFAA+ and download the WFAA mobile app for alerts from our weather team as they come.  Daily rain chances are in the forecast this week. Some see higher coverage and a strong storm threat. Here’s the latest forecast: Key points Severe weather is likely tonight More…

Tropical Storm Allison devastated northeast Houston in June 2001, leaving lasting scars. HOUSTON — Twenty four years ago, Tropical Storm Allison was taking aim, and about to unleash devastating rain over Houston. Decades later, the scars remain. Especially in the hardest-hit areas like northeast Houston.  Tropical storm Allison parked over Houston in June 2001. Turning neighborhoods like Lakewood into rivers. Ms. Willie Marie Burton’s elderly parents lived there at the time and Allison’s chaos left…

Tropical Storm Allison devastated northeast Houston in June 2001, leaving lasting scars. HOUSTON — Twenty four years ago, Tropical Storm Allison was taking aim, and about to unleash devastating rain over Houston. Decades later, the scars remain. Especially in the hardest-hit areas like northeast Houston.  Tropical storm Allison parked over Houston in June 2001. Turning neighborhoods like Lakewood into rivers. Ms. Willie Marie Burton’s elderly parents lived there at the time and Allison’s chaos left…

During Wednesday’s storms, water quickly rose more than 7 feet at Navigation and Canal, catching drivers off guard. HOUSTON — Hurricane season is underway, and Wednesday’s heavy rain and flooding served as major reminders of what drivers should — and shouldn’t — do during storms. Drivers were caught off guard by flash flooding at Navigation and Canal in EaDo, where water quickly rose more than 7 feet. It’s why first responders urge Houstonians to “stay…

The former Spring Village Apartments property will eventually become a stormwater detention basin and recreation area. HOUSTON, Texas — The once-thriving Spring Village Apartment complex on Chimney Rock Road is disappearing building by building and brick by brick. “It should have been torn down a long time ago,” said one neighbor to the complex near Gasmer Drive. The City of Houston bought the six-acre property near Westbury High School in the wake of Hurricane Harvey…

Tropical Storm Allison hit Texas in 2001, causing $9B in damages and 40 deaths. HOUSTON — On this day in 2001, Tropical Storm Allison made landfall near Freeport, Texas, becoming one of the most destructive tropical storms in U.S. history despite never reaching hurricane strength. Allison formed quickly and hit the Texas coast on June 5, 2001, just nine hours after developing. But the real damage came in the days that followed. The storm stalled…