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AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – A powerful West Coast storm system continues to approach Central Texas.  It’s likely to kick off a few scattered showers through Wednesday afternoon but it’s Wednesday night into Thursday morning that the Austin area will see its greatest severe weather threat of the Spring season.  Early Wednesday morning the Storm Prediction Center has placed most of the area under an Enhanced Risks for Severe Weather. The primary threats will be…

AUSTIN, Texas — Two children in East Texas died last weekend after a tree fell on their car during the storms. To help you protect your home during stormy weather, KVUE talked to certified arborist Mike Suarez with Sid Mourning Tree Service. Suarez said to take the weight off the extended branches of the trees. “You want to thin the canopy a little bit,” he said. “Because the canopy is what catches the wind and twists…

AUSTIN, Texas — An upper-level area of low pressure will move through the state on Wednesday allowing for another round of numerous showers and thunderstorms, some of which will be strong to severe. KVUE The Storm Prediction Center has issued an “Enhanced Risk” for severe weather (3 out of 5 on the severe weather scale) for most of the area, including the City of Austin. Large hail, possibly as large as 2 inches in diameter,…

Residents in Franklin continue to assess damage after the city in Robertson County was hit hard by storms. It comes as more severe weather could hit the area as well parts of Central Texas. Franklin is located about 100 miles northeast of Austin. A massive cleanup is underway as the city was hit by an EF-3 tornado over the weekend which destroyed 55 homes, two churches and a handful of businesses . The tornado cut…

AUSTIN, Texas — An upper-level area of low pressure will move through the state on Wednesday, allowing for another round of numerous showers and thunderstorms, some of which will be strong to severe. KVUE The Storm Prediction Center has issued an “Enhanced Risk” for severe weather (3 out of 5 on the severe weather scale) for most of the area, including the City of Austin. Large hail, possibly as large as 2 inches in diameter,…

FRANKLIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – Residents in Franklin continue to assess damage after the city in Robertson County was hit hard by storms. It comes as more severe weather could hit the area as well parts of Central Texas. Franklin is located about 100 miles northeast of Austin. A massive cleanup is underway as the city was hit by an EF-3 tornado over the weekend which destroyed 55 homes, two churches and a handful…

FRANKLIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – Power was restored today in several parts of Robertson County after a tornado touched down Saturday. In the town of Franklin, 30 homes have been destroyed and more than 30 damaged.  Utility crews spent the day working on power lines that were ripped down Saturday. Enough power has been restored for school to reopen tomorrow — but a lot of work remains. Debris caused by Saturday’s tornado remains scattered across…

FRANKLIN, Texas — Patricia Schulz pointed at the ground where the mobile home used to sit.  “It’s normally right here, facing the other direction,” she said, looking at the home that flipped over in the storm. “It was picked up and thrown on that house over there.” RELATED: ‘One minute you’re normal, the next you’re homeless’: How a Franklin teen saved his father from tornado Schulz’s daughter and son-in-law live in the home. She recalled…