City to Begin Water Releases from Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir to Maintain Wesley Seale Dam Integrity and Minimize Flooding

City to Begin Water Releases from Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir to Maintain Wesley Seale Dam Integrity and Minimize Flooding

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – City officials have been closely monitoring the water flow into Lake Corpus Christi & Choke Canyon reservoirs due to recent rains in the watershed. The river forecasts are predicting water in Lake Corpus Christi to exceed the capacity of the Wesley Seale Dam. Later today city officials will begin water releases on a limited basis. The goals for the water releases are to maintain the integrity of the dam while keeping…

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How much stress does a hurricane put on a pregnant woman? 'Harvey Mom' study hopes to find out

How much stress does a hurricane put on a pregnant woman? 'Harvey Mom' study hopes to find out

HOUSTON – Chandra Frederick felt helpless during Hurricane Harvey. “Having to walk through the water, or if we would have had to evacuate up onto the roof,” she said as she relived her fears during the storm. Frederick has four kids now. She was nine months pregnant at the time, so getting on the roof wouldn’t have been just traumatic; she was not sure it was possible. “I was like, ‘I don’t know how I’m…

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Feds: Man stole hurricane victim's IDs as part of $8M scam

Feds: Man stole hurricane victim's IDs as part of $8M scam

Updated 2:36 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man is accused of stealing hurricane victim’s identities as part what the Secret Service describes as an $8 million effort to scam a Federal Emergency Management Agency program. News outlets reported Tuesday that 30-year-old Tare Stanley Okirika is accused of registering unique pre-paid debit cards under stolen identities. A Secret Service affidavit says Okirika used stolen Social Security and personal identifying information from…

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Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen to open for…

Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen to open for…

Texas singer-songwriters Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett will open for country music icon George Strait during his concert-only performance on Sunday, March 17, the final night of the 2019 Rodeo. “We are proud to close out the 2019 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with three of the Lone Star State’s most influential music artists,” said Joel Cowley, Rodeo president and CEO. “Bringing both Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett back to the RODEOHOUSTON stage…

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Houston helps victims of Florence

Houston helps victims of Florence

University of Houston Athletics spent Monday collecting donations for victims of Hurricane Florence. They plan to start day two of their hurricane supply drive at 8 a.m. Tuesday, and they’re throwing in free tickets to Saturday’s football game for people who make donations Tuesday. The football team has parked its H-Town Takeover equipment trailer at the southwest corner of TDECU Stadium on Scott Street, and they’re inviting members of the community to swing by and drop…

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Battle-Tested Houstonians Help Hurricane Victims in The Carolinas

Battle-Tested Houstonians Help Hurricane Victims in The Carolinas

Axelrad Beer Garden is accepting supply donations for victims of Hurricane Florence. To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: <iframe src=”https://embed.hpm.io/304455/304453″ style=”height: 115px; width: 100%;”></iframe> To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: <iframe src=”https://embed.hpm.io/304454/304453″ style=”height: 115px; width: 100%;”></iframe> Houstonians can certainly sympathize with the Carolinas, which are ravaged by Hurricane Florence. They went through it just a year ago. Some are tapping into…

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When It Comes To Hurricanes, Categories Are Only Part Of The Story

When It Comes To Hurricanes, Categories Are Only Part Of The Story

As Hurricane Florence neared landfall late last week, the storm was periodically downgraded –  first to a Category 4 and then to a Category 3. But meteorologists continuously warned that the storm, which eventually caused mandatory evacuations for more than 1 million people, injured more than 170 and claimed the lives of nearly two dozen, could become increasingly dangerous. Greg Carbin, chief of forecast operations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s predictions center, explains…

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FEMA Head Under Scrutiny In Middle Of Hurricane Season

FEMA Head Under Scrutiny In Middle Of Hurricane Season

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There’s a small island between California and Hawaii, but it’s hardly an island you’d want to visit. It’s being called the Great Pacific garbage patch. It’s made up of an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, including an estimated 87,000 tons of plastic. Back in February 2016, I spoke with a young inventor and entrepreneur who’s trying to come up with a way to…

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2nd chance at asylum

2nd chance at asylum

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – The Justice Department has agreed to give some immigrant families separated at the border a second chance at asylum. The legal settlement stuck with the ACLU halts deportation proceedings for up to 1,000 families, until their cases can be evaluated. Despite the settlement, Attorney General Jeff sessions says the Trump administration is still committed to a zero tolerance policy. The panel this week: Jessica Colon – Republican strategist, Tomaro Bell –…

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Hurricanes and President Trump

Hurricanes and President Trump

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – As a monster storm loomed off the U.S. Coast , President Trump announced his administration was fully prepared to respond, then tweeted about the death toll in Puerto Rico. The panel this week: Jessica Colon – Republican strategist, Tomaro Bell – Super Neighborhood leader, Steve Toth – former State Representative, Kier Murray – political consultant and analyst,, Bill King – businessman, columnist and former Kemah mayor, Tony- Diaz – Chicano activist and…

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Losing Speed, Tropical Storm Florence Will Continue Slowly Through The Carolinas

Losing Speed, Tropical Storm Florence Will Continue Slowly Through The Carolinas

Updated 8:30 p.m. ET A slowing Tropical Storm Florence continued to creep through the Carolinas on Saturday. The storm’s death toll has climbed to 12, and that number is expected to rise. “Flash flooding and major river flooding occurring over a significant portion of the Carolinas,” the National Weather Service said in its 8 p.m. update on Saturday. The storm is currently about 40 miles south of Florence, S.C. and 65 miles east of Columbia,…

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Hurricane Harvey Researcher Brings Disaster Response on Social Media to Ted Talk

Hurricane Harvey Researcher Brings Disaster Response on Social Media to Ted Talk

In disasters, the official emergency procedure is to call 911. But during Hurricane Harvey last year, many people posted calls for help on social media instead — a phenomenon that University of Texas at Austin professor Keri Stephens decided to study. Stephens, who teaches communications studies at UT Austin, will be presenting her research at TEDxPalo Alto College, a TED Talk event hosted at the South San Antonio community college on Saturday. Thanks to a…

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DeVos Loses On Student Loans; Bezos Funds Preschool

DeVos Loses On Student Loans; Bezos Funds Preschool

The new school year marches on, and so does our weekly roundup. Tropical Storm Florence closes schools in the Carolinas Rain measured in feet, not inches. Storm surges and power outages are the reality of this huge, slow-moving storm. Schools were closed Friday across coastal North Carolina and South Carolina. In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district, leaders made the controversial choice to keep nearly 150,000 students home under blue skies on Thursday to prep some schools…

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Flood Watch warnings sparks storm prep

Flood Watch warnings sparks storm prep

Caldwell County crews are preparing for any possible weather threats. A “flash flood watch” has been issued in Caldwell County until Saturday evening. “Plan for these things, it makes it a lot easier and safer for everybody,” said Carine Chalfoun the Caldwell County interim emergency management coordinator.  What concerns officials in Caldwell County is the fact that they’ve rain almost every day this week so the ground is very saturated, so more water from rain…

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No rain to dampen homecoming game hopes

No rain to dampen homecoming game hopes

CLEAR LAKE, Texas (FOX 26) – It was a wet week for many in the Houston area. The rain wouldn’t let up and flooding was an issue, but a much different scene at Challenger Columbia Stadium on Friday night during the homecoming game, probably one of the most memorable experiences a high school student can have. “The only thing that was making us nervous was, of course, the travel and the safety of our community as well as the…

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