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Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico, causing damage the governor said was “catastrophic.” No deaths had been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to know the full scope of damage from an expansive storm that was still forecast to unleash torrential rain across Puerto Rico on Monday. Up to 30 inches was forecast for Puerto Rico’s southern…

Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the pieces around. Hundreds of people were evacuated or rescued across the island as floodwaters rose swiftly. Rushing rivers of brown water enveloped cars, first floors and even an airport runway in the island’s southern region. Forecasters said the storm threatened to dump “historic” levels of rain on Sunday…

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If you’re one of the home or business owners dealing with damage caused by last month’s flooding, some new financial assistance is available.  The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans to those affected between Aug. 22 and 25.  There’s still a lot of people in need of assistance in more ways than one.  It’s been about a month since flood waters rushed though Damon Chisenhall’s southeast Dallas…

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Governor Greg Abbott has requested a disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business Association for those affected by the historic flooding in August.  The designation would make federal disaster assistance available for those impacted in Dallas, Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant Counties. In the span of 24 hours, North Texas got 9.19″ of rain. The North Texas floods as they happened 03:38 “The State of Texas continues working to ensure Texans…

Around 122 years ago, the worst natural disaster in U.S. history happened along the Texas coast when 8,000 people died during a hurricane. GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston was known as the grandest city in Texas at the dawn of the 20th century. But with the arrival of the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, the city would struggle to ever regain its former status. So devastating was the storm that it’s been estimated that nearly a…

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – August’s historic flooding led to four feet of water inside Damon Chisenhall’s southeast Dallas house.  “It’s.. it’s devastating for anybody to go through,” he said. “It’s sad, my father-in-law built this house in the late 70’s, early 80’s and it means a lot to the family and right now we’re in the process of contemplating raising it.”  Chisenhall said while this is by far the worst damage they’ve ever experienced, in the…

The foundation was impacted by the historic floods that came through North Texas and is still assessing damages.

Residents of the Forest Bluff neighborhood were in the March tornado’s direct path. There are still visible signs of damage on some homes in the area. ROUND ROCK, Texas — When a tornado ripped through their Round Rock neighborhood in March, James Goolsby and Cheryl Spencer hid inside their first floor bathroom covered in blankets. “We could feel, like, our entire insides of our bodies being pulled up,” Spencer said. “It was like, weird. It…

Sunday’s storms swept through North Texas, leaving homes damaged and multiple residents without power. Were you affected? Share your photos/videos with us on social media using #FirstAlertDFW