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Some steps include stockpiling food, water and material to treat icy roads. Officials say other steps, like putting generators in more buildings, need funding. TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — Emergency management officials in Travis County are preparing for any potential severe winter weather that may come this cold season.  They are preparing by stockpiling shelf-stable food and water and getting material to treat icy roads, according to a report from KVUE’s news partners at the Austin…

AUSTIN, Texas — Several months after families were told they needed to move out due to damage sustained in the February winter storm, they are finally able to move back in. According to the Strategic Housing Finance Corporation of Travis County, Dec. 5 marked the beginning of the move-in process for the families.  KVUE previously reported that more than 85 families were told to move out of the Rosemont at Oak Valley apartment complex. Originally,…

“You want to try to win as many games as you can,” the Buccaneers’ head coach said following a season-opening 91-68 home victory over the Hurricanes at the Kruse Center in Brenham. “I was just glad we were able to get a win, and everybody was able to play.”  Blinn built a comfortable lead early and Schumacher was able to empty his bench. The Bucs led 36-16 with 7:06 left in the first half.  “Everybody needs to…

The new system at the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant will help remove silt from Austin’s water at a faster pace. AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Water said it is completing a new system at its Ullrich Water Treatment Plant to handle turbidity, or amount of cloudiness in the water, associated with extreme flooding events. A new polymer chemical feed will help accelerate the process of settling out and removing particles in the water.  Austin Water said that while…

The Flood Warning has been issued until after midnight Thursday. AUSTIN, Texas — A Flood Warning has been issued for Onion Creek after heavy rain on Oct. 14. According to the National Weather Service, a Flood Warning has been issued for the Travis County river at U.S. 183 until after midnight Thursday. At 7 a.m., the flood stage at the river was at 15 feet. The flood stage is 17 feet, so minor flooding is…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Mariel Ruiz, Hunter Williams, Erika Lopez Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 12:37 AM CDT October 14, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — *FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING FOR BLANCO, BURNET, GILLESPIE, HAYS, LLANO, TRAVIS, WILLIAMSON, BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES.* Showers and storms are slowly moving from west to east early Monday morning as moisture from remnants of…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Mariel Ruiz, Hunter Williams, Erika Lopez Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 6:03 PM CDT October 13, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — *FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR BLANCO, BURNET, GILLESPIE, HAYS, LLANO, TRAVIS, WILLIAMSON, BASTROP, AND CALDWELL COUNTIES.* Expect Wednesday to stay humid, warm, cloudy and breezy. Scattered showers and an isolated storm…

A flash flood watch is in effect for the Austin area until 7 p.m. Thursday, as the remnants of Hurricane Pamela — which made landfall in western Mexico on Wednesday morning — interact with an incoming cold front. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are possible in the watch area, which includes Travis, Williamson and Hays counties, the National Weather Service says. Isolated pockets of up to 5 to 7 inches of rain are possible, with…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Mariel Ruiz, Hunter Williams, Erika Lopez Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 5:57 PM CDT October 12, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — A warm front brought in the clouds, high humidity and warm weather Tuesday morning. Fog will lift late morning with a mostly cloudy sky the rest of the day. The warm front is also keeping scattered rain chances…

The shelter is now looking for willing adoptive and foster families. AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Humane Society (AHS) welcomed dozens of and kittens and dogs into its shelter Thursday afternoon.  The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) transported the animals from Louisiana in response to Hurricane Ida. “They’ll come here and we’ll be able to medically evaluate them,make sure they’re up to date on all their vaccines and then they’llbe…

Blinn College Men’s Soccer Edges Albion Hurricanes 1-0 The Blinn College men’s soccer team got a goal from forward Favio Chavez to nip the Albion Hurricanes Soccer Club 1-0 Saturday evening at Rankin Field in Brenham. The game-winning goal was the first of Chavez’s college career as Blinn shut down the Hurricanes in the non-conference game that was added this week to the Buccaneers’ schedule. Blinn is now 6-4-2 on the season. “It’s real exciting to see…

AUSTIN, Texas — Five months into the job, the chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission is promising to swiftly institute reforms to help prevent another power catastrophe like the one the state experienced during a winter freeze in February. Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Peter Lake to the position in April as part of sweeping reforms to the management of the state power grid. Lake acknowledges that reforms will take months, but he says the…

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident as vandalism. JARRELL, Texas — A Jarrell woman wants justice after vandals flooded her brand new home before she even moved in. Jarrell is a city about 41 miles north of Austin. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident as vandalism, and Samantha Sandoval wants others to know that the crime may be due to a popular TikTok challenge. She shared videos of soaking…

Updated September 21, 2021 at 3:51 PM ET Flooding kills more Americans than nearly any other weather hazard, and over half of flood deaths happen on roads. That risk is increasing with climate change, since hotter air can hold more moisture. As the deadly floods in the Northeast after Hurricane Ida showed, some places are less prepared than others. So we reached out to a group of experts from the flood-prone state of Texas. Here…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Mariel Ruiz, Hunter Williams, Erika Lopez Published: 3/6/2019 11:46:26 AM Updated: 10:33 PM CDT September 13, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — The National Hurricane Center upgraded Nicholas to a Category 1 hurricane during their 10 p.m. update on Monday. The system is still moving through the Gulf of Mexico and is still expected to make landfall Monday night. Current maximum sustained winds…