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During a news conference, Abbott said that the severe weather and prolonged flooding event that began early this month has caused widespread and severe property damage, and threatens loss of life in many counties. Therefore, he declared a state of disaster in 36 additional counties in Texas. Abb...
The solar eclipse happens April 8th and Texas is one of the best places to view it from. In fact, so many visitors are expected that one Texas county has alreadydeclared itself a disaster area. El Paso won't be able to see a complete blackout of the sun butwe'll see a pretty good...
About 80 counties have been declared state disaster zones. Both major airports in Houston have been closed amid severe flooding. A Houston Airport System statement on Sunday said George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hobby Airport are closed to commercial flights until further notice. ...
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Bobby Guerra, a Democratic member of the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives, filed thebilllast week. "A mobile Internet service provider may not impair or degrade lawful mobile Internet service access in an area subject to a declared state of disaster," the bill says. If p...
The highways and the railroads took a massive hit during the three-day rainstorm, and the region was declared as a "Federal disaster area." In October 2018, the city of Seward was forced to announce an emergency declaration after facing the wrath of heavy flooding yet again. Nearly 5 ...
Voters in the state's runoff elections found some polling places without power Tuesday. Roughly 100 voting sites in Dallas County were knocked offline. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins declared a disaster area and noted that some nursing homes were using generators. "This ultimately will be a mul...
"We need you out of that area," Hidalgo said, noting that flood waters are expected to rise to levels high enough to flood even raised home and could touch power lines. "Please evacuate as soon as possible," the judge said, "certainly before nighttime if at all possible." ...
Texas law prohibits vendors from charging exorbitant prices for necessities such as drinking water, food, clothing, and fuel during a declared disaster. The attorney general named several defendants in Hurricane Harvey price gouging lawsuits.