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Kalamazoo Emergency Management told ABC News there were an estimated 50 people trapped inside the FedEx building. PORTAGE, Mich. — At least four confirmed tornadoes touched down in Southwest Michigan Tuesday, causing severe damage and power outages in the region. Portage is one of the harder-hit locations and that is observable by the amount of damage done to the FedEx Ship Center on Portage Road. A video sent to 13 ON YOUR SIDE by Jim…

A Flood Watch is in effect for numerous counties until 1 p.m. Sunday AUSTIN, Texas — An active weather pattern continues for Central Texas on Sunday as additional showers and storms bring a severe weather risk and the potential for flooding. Widespread showers and storms moved through Saturday night and moved east of the KVUE area early Sunday morning. However, additional showers will develop later in the morning and will grow more scattered throughout the…

We’re expecting multiple rounds of strong storms. Here’s the latest on the timeline and rainfall totals. AUSTIN, Texas — An active weather pattern continues through this weekend for Central Texas with several more round of rain and storms ahead. This means that the risk for more severe weather and flooding will stick with us through at least Sunday. After that, we really turn up the heat by the middle of next week. During most of…

We’re expecting the most widespread rain and storms Saturday night into Sunday. Here’s the latest timeline. An active weather pattern continues through this weekend for Central Texas with several more round of rain and storms ahead. This means that the risk for more severe weather and flooding will stick with us through at least Sunday. After that, we really turn up the heat by the middle of next week. For Friday evening the severe weather…

The Texas A&M Forest Service says its outlook for wildfire activity this summer is looking normal. CEDAR PARK, Texas — It’s been a wet few days in Central Texas, but it’s only a matter of time before another scorching summer dries the land out, raising the risk for wildfires. Emergency leaders were at a Williamson County Wildfire Preparedness news conference on Friday and said they know this is a very real threat. The threat became…

The Texas A&M Forest Service said its outlook for wildfire activity this summer is looking normal. CEDAR PARK, Texas — It’s been a wet few days in Central Texas, but it’s only a matter of time before another scorching summer dries the land out, raising the risk for wildfires. Emergency leaders were at a Williamson County Wildfire Preparedness news conference on Friday and said they know this is a very real threat. The threat became…

Hail is a regular occurrence here, but it also holds a lot of mystery. AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is famous for its thunderstorms. And many times, those thunderstorms have a risk of hail. Most times when hail falls, it’s no big deal. But other times, hail can be downright destructive.  Hail is a pretty regular occurrence around Austin. But to a non-meteorologist, it holds a lot of mystery. Does every thunderstorm have hail? How does…

Tornado activity is common in Texas this time of year, but “decaying” El Niño can also be to blame. MANOR, Texas — Some Texans are still picking up the pieces after severe storms led to two confirmed tornadoes over the weekend. Sunday morning started with an EF-1 tornado ripping through parts of Manor and the ShawdowGlen area for nearly five miles, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Officials said the tornado had estimated peak…

Tornado activity is common in Texas this time of year, but “decaying” El Niño can also be to blame. MANOR, Texas — Some Texans are still picking up the pieces after severe storms led to two confirmed tornadoes over the weekend. Sunday morning started with an EF-1 tornado ripping through parts of Manor and the ShawdowGlen area for nearly five miles, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Officials said the tornado had estimated peak…

The confirmed tornado had estimated peak winds of 110 miles per hour and ripped across Manor for nearly five miles. MANOR, Texas — Editor’s note: The above video aired before the tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service. Some Central Texas residents are still cleaning up damage from a round of storms that rolled through Central Texas on Sunday. The National Weather Service confirmed the damage came from an EF-1 tornado in Manor. Along…

Strong storms are reorganizing east of I-35 Sunday evening. Conditions forecast to settle overnight. Author: Grace Thornton, Shane Hinton (KVUE), Hunter Williams (KVUE) Published: 2:58 PM CDT April 24, 2024 Updated: 9:48 PM CDT April 28, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — *A Tornado Watch has been issued until 9 p.m. CDT for MilamCounty.* We’re not done with the storm chance for this weekend. We’re tracking another system that will bring a more widespread storm chance to…

Strong storms are reorganizing east of I-35 Sunday evening. Conditions forecast to settle overnight. Author: Grace Thornton, Shane Hinton (KVUE), Hunter Williams (KVUE) Published: 2:58 PM CDT April 24, 2024 Updated: 4:42 PM CDT April 28, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — *A Tornado Watch has been issued until 9 p.m. CDT for Bastrop, Lee, Milam, Caldwell, and Fayette County.* While parts of the state saw significant severe weather on Friday, here in Central Texas the weather…

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the Austin area until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Counties under the watch include Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays and Williamson counties. A few tornadoes are possible, and scattered hail the size of tennis balls is likely, according to the NWS. The cities of Bertram, Liberty Hill and Fairland are under a tornado warning until 10:30 a.m. A tornado watch means that “conditions are favorable” for tornadoes, and…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Weather Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams, Grace Thornton Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 1:55 PM CDT April 8, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — Confidence is now high that there will be a mostly cloudy sky for a majority of Central Texas during the total solar eclipse. Low clouds and patchy fog/drizzle are ongoing Monday morning and, unfortunately, the low clouds will be…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Weather Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams, Grace Thornton Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 4:03 AM CDT April 8, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — Confidence is now high that there will be a mostly cloudy sky for a majority of Central Texas during the total solar eclipse. Low clouds and patchy fog/drizzle are ongoing Monday morning, and unfortunately the low clouds will…