Hunters Urged To Practice Wildfire Safety

Hunters Urged To Practice Wildfire Safety

Texas A&M Forest Service reminds Texans to be careful with activities that may cause a wildfire this hunting season. he general season for white-tailed deer hunting opened Nov. 5 for all but the two westernmost counties in Texas. From 2017 to 2021, Texas A&M Forest Service responded to 3,682 wildfires that burned 1.4 million acres. During that time, 42% of wildfires occurred during the major hunting season months of September through January. “Texas A&M Forest Service…

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Deadly tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma, flatten buildings

Deadly tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma, flatten buildings

IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — Residents in southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas began assessing weather damage Saturday, working to recover and thankful to have survived after a storm stretching from Dallas to northwest Arkansas spawned tornadoes and produced flash flooding in the region, killing at least one, injuring others and leaving homes and buildings in ruins, including a demolished church. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt went to the town of Idabel to see the damage. He said…

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Video shows shocking Texas, Oklahoma tornado outbreak and aftermath

Video shows shocking Texas, Oklahoma tornado outbreak and aftermath

According to reporting by the Associated Press, at least 50 homes in Lamar County were damaged or destroyed and at least 10 people were being treated at hospitals, two were being treated with critical injuries. Powderly, Texas, which sits at the state’s border with Oklahoma was reportedly hit hard.  [embedded content] The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management said a tornado touched down just after 4 p.m. and traveled north-northeast through the communities of…

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Forecast: Severe weather threat has ended; cooler Saturday morning

Forecast: Severe weather threat has ended; cooler Saturday morning

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 8:32 AM CDT November 5, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — The storms from Friday night have all passed, and we’re now dealing with much cooler temperatures to start your Saturday morning, with some areas, especially in the Hill Country, that are over 30 degrees cooler than Friday morning! With that,…

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Dallas-area couple survives dramatic encounter with suspected tornado

Dallas-area couple survives dramatic encounter with suspected tornado

No one in the Miller Grove community was hurt as a result of Friday night’s storms, but multiple homes were heavily damaged. TEXAS, USA — Strong storms brought suspected tornados to north Texas Friday night, including to the tiny Dallas-area town of Miller Grove.  An older couple in that community was inside a maroon truck heading out to eat dinner when the twister hit. They are safe and uninjured, despite the dramatic visuals left in…

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Severe weather threat over for Central Texas; cooler by morning

Severe weather threat over for Central Texas; cooler by morning

All modes of severe weather are possible. AUSTIN, Texas — All eyes are on a strong Pacific cold front sweeping into Central Texas Friday afternoon, bringing an increasing likelihood of severe storms.  The Storm Prediction Center has now shifted the “enhanced” risk for storms toward the northeast, but this still includes Milam County. A majority of Central Texas is under a “slight” – level 2 out of 5 – risk for severe weather. The primary…

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Forecast: Severe weather threat has ended; 40s and 50s by Saturday morning

Forecast: Severe weather threat has ended; 40s and 50s by Saturday morning

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team. AUSTIN, Texas — The severe threat has been lowered in the most recent update from the Storm Prediction Center, but we still very much have the possibility of some strong to severe storms through 10 p.m. this evening. The ‘enhanced’ risk area has been pushed to the NE largely out of the KVUE area, but the ‘slight’ – level 2 of 5 – risk remains…

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1 dead, dozens hurt as tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma

1 dead, dozens hurt as tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma

Fifty homes were reported damaged or destroyed in Lamar County, Texas, where at least two dozen people are reported injured, two critically. TEXAS, USA — Authorities in Oklahoma say at least one person has died as tornadoes ravaged areas of that state and neighboring Texas, leaving some people trapped and dozens of homes in ruins. The twisters Friday destroyed large portions of the town of Idabel in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, flattening a church, restaurant and…

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