Life-Threatening Flash Flooding Strikes Central Texas; South Faces Week-Long Flood Threat; Bear Fire Grows in New Mexico
Life-threatening flash flooding hits Central Texas as the National Weather Service issues multiple flash flood warnings for the Austin area, with water rescues reported in South Austin and on Interstate 35 south of Waco. The flood threat is set to persist and shift eastward, with heavy rain likely across eastern and southern Texas and Louisiana this week and the National Hurricane Center monitoring a disturbance in the northwestern Gulf. Wildfire season is running ahead of average, led by the Bear Fire in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, now past 6,600 acres with evacuation preparations in…
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