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- San Diego declares state of emergency as torrential rain overturns cars, topples trees and leads to dozens of rescues across California and Texas amid warnings of flash flooding and avalanches
- California and Texas were under flood warnings on Monday as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the country following a week of deep freeze.
- Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in San Diego, toppling trees and overflowing streets with videos showing vehicles buried beneath.
- All the way up north, early morning flooding hit the town of Guerneville, near San Francisco, where a creek overflowed after more than 4 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The local school district canceled classes for the day.
- On the southern end of the state, the weather system unleashed a severe punch with the second major rain event of the winter.
- Floodwaters swept away vehicles and caused cars to pile on top of each other in parts of San Diego.
- In San Antonio, Texas, firefighters investigated whether five homeless people might have been swept away by rushing waters early Monday morning, according to fire department spokesperson Woody Woodward.
- They were camping in drainage tunnels next to a highway north of downtown, officials said.
- Some parts of the San Antonio area had received up to five inches of rain since Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service.
- Rainfall was also soaking Houston, Dallas, as well as various parts of north and east Texas.
- In other parts of the country, as in Arkansas, there’s freezing rain. Forecasters warned that up to a half-inch of ice could coat parts of the state by Monday evening.
- That prompted an ice storm warning that includes much of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and the cities of Fayetteville and Fort Smith.
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- Supreme Court Allows Federal Agents to Cut Razor Wire Texas Installed on US-Mexico Border
- The justices, by a 5-4 vote, granted an emergency appeal from the Biden administration, which has been in an escalating standoff at the border with Texas and had objected to an appellate ruling in favor of the state.
- The concertina wire along roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) of the Rio Grande near the border city of Eagle Pass is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s broader fight with the administration over immigration enforcement.
- Abbott also has authorized installing floating barriers in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and allowed troopers to arrest and jail thousands of migrants on trespassing charges. The administration also is challenging those actions in federal court.
- In court papers, the administration said the wire impedes Border Patrol agents from reaching migrants as they cross the river and that, in any case, federal immigration law trumps Texas’ own efforts to stem the flow of migrants into the country.
- Texas officials have argued that federal agents cut the wire to help groups crossing illegally through the river before taking them in for processing.
- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor sided with the administration. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas voted with Texas.
- No one provided any explanation for their vote.
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- Chemical plant EXPLODES in Texas: One person is seriously injured and shelter-in-place is ordered for residents in one mile radius
- A chemical plant exploded in a huge fireball in Texas around 8.17am, sending a giant cloud of black smoke into the sky and triggering evacuations.
- A shelter in place has been issued to residents within a one-mile radius of Wednesday’s explosion in Shepherd, Texas.
- According to FOX 26 one person has been injured and taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center with first-degree burns to the face, along with second and third-degree burns to the arms.
- An employee from the plant told ABC 13 that the person who was injured might’ve been hurt initially by a forklift. The accident might have caused the explosion, but it is not clear.
- Responders have reported that a plume of smoke is headed towards the Livingston area. Polk County Emergency Management recommends that residents near US Highway 59 from Goodrich to Leggett shelter in place.
- The effects of the chemicals in the air are unknown at this time but the wind is suspected to be carrying the odor and smoke from the fire into the air.
- Responders have reported that a plume of smoke is headed towards the Livingston area. Polk County Emergency Management recommends that residents near US Highway 59 from Goodrich to Leggett shelter in place.
- The effects of the chemicals in the air are unknown at this time but the wind is suspected to be carrying the odor and smoke from the fire into the air.
- First responders have not put any water on the fire yet as it is unknown exactly what kind of chemicals might be involved in the blast. They plan to start fighting the fire soon.
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Important Takeaways:
- US President Joe Biden’s administration is to build a section of border wall in southern Texas in an effort to stop rising levels of immigration.
- Around 20 miles (32km) will be built in Starr County along its border with Mexico, where officials report high numbers of crossings.
- In 2020, Mr. Biden promised he would not build another foot of wall if elected.
- More than 245,000 crossings have been made this year in the Rio Grande Valley area alone, government data shows, and September is expected to be a record month.
- President Biden’s secretary of homeland security referred to an “acute and immediate need” to build the new section of wall and prevent unlawful entries.
- Homeland Security said it would use funding secured during Donald Trump’s presidency to build the new section.
- Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said that 10,000 people arrived at the border every day last week alone.
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- Thousands of illegal migrants buying land in new Texas development: Report
- According to The Daily Wire, the new Colony Ridge settlement, with potentially tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, is being built north of Houston, prompting concerns that the development could become a base for cartel operations due to its location roughly 400 miles inside the United States.
- In an investigative report, the Daily Wire found that the Colony Ridge development is currently comprised of over 60 square miles, which is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. The population is estimated to be between 50,000 and 75,000, largely due to a marketing strategy that is aimed at the Hispanic population in Texas.
- The Colony Ridge development is owned by developer William Harris.
- …buyers at the Colony Ridge development are able to purchase land with as little as a “few hundred dollars” for the down payment.
- “The loan is directly from the developer, bypassing traditional mortgages,”
- Harris’s company conducts business under the name of Terrenos Houston (translated Houston Land).
- Terrenos Houston directs interested buyers to connect with the company on Whatsapp in order to find out more information about purchasing
- While Terrenos Houston allows people to purchase land in the United States, the company’s LinkedIn profile suggests that many of the people currently employed by the company are foreign nationals who are living in Colombia and other Latin American countries.
- Independent journalist Michael Yon shared his perspective of Colony Ridge with The Daily Wire after flying over and driving through the development multiple times in order to document its rapid growth.
- “I don’t know how many live there now, but this is going to be big enough for 200,000 people,” Yon said. “They’re actually building a city.”
- In his book, “OVERRUN: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in American History,” Bensman noted that law enforcement officials claimed Gulf and Sinaloa cartel members had purchased properties in Colony Ridge development.
- “The Mexican cartels are very active in that they run safe houses, they run drugs, they do marijuana grows, they commit crimes,” Bensman said, based on conversations he has had with law enforcement officials. “This is a homeland security issue. It’s a public safety issue.”
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Important Takeaways:
- A U.S. judge ordered Texas to move floating buoys that were placed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a tentative win for President Joe Biden, whose administration sued the state.
- The ruling is a setback for Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who contends that Biden has been too lenient with border security as record numbers of migrants have been caught crossing illegally in recent years.
- Texas immediately appealed the ruling to the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Abbott’s office said it was willing to take the case to the Supreme Court if needed.
- “Our battle to defend Texas’ sovereign authority to protect lives from the chaos caused by President Biden’s open border policies has only begun,” the governor’s office said in a statement.
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Important Takeaways:
- Austin police ask robbery victims to call 311 amid staffing shortage, crime crisis
- The Austin Police Department posted a graphic in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to urge residents to call 311 or make an online report if they’re robbed – 311 is a number usually used for non-emergency requests, as opposed to 911.
- “Even if you are cautious & follow all the safety advice, you may still become the unfortunate victim of a robbery,” the Austin Police Department wrote on X. “Do you know what your next steps should be?”
- “Make a police report & provide as much information as possible so we can recover your property quickly and safely,” the post added. The graphic included advice to mention the bank in the 311 report and include the date and time of the cash withdrawal.
- The new protocol comes as the Texas capital grapples with an increase in crime. Compared to 2020, Austin has had a 77% increase in auto thefts, an 18% increase in aggravated assaults and a 30% increase in murders.
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Important Takeaways:
- One million coastal residents are under severe weather warning as Texas braces for Tropic storm Harold that is due to hit land today
- Tropical Storm Harold is set to batter Texas today, placing one million coastal residents under a severe weather warning.
- The tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico overnight and is now bearing down on the Lone Star State, the National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday.
- The storm, brewing east-southeast of Port Mansfield, is already packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, the Miami-based forecaster said, with its strength expected to increase by the time it makes land.
- Texas residents are warned that Harold is set to arrive inland by noon Tuesday, as the storm warning was put in place in readiness at 1am this morning.
- It comes as rescue crews work to dig roads, buildings and care home residents out of the mud across a wide swathe of south-western US desert as Storm Hilary – the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years – heads north, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states.
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Important Takeaways:
- Texas may reach temperatures hotter than 99% of the world as dangerous heat wave persists
- Large swaths of Texas are forecast to be hotter than 99% of the world Wednesday as Dallas’ stretch of scorching hot days was expected to reach a peak of 107 degrees, according to meteorologists.
- The heat index value, which measures what it feels like outside based on air temperature and humidity, for Dallas could be as high as 115
- Residents are also encouraged to seek relief in public facilities, such as the city’s recreation centers and libraries, during their regular business hours.
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Tornado death toll rises in Texas as epic flooding strikes Pensacola, Florida
- Hundreds of thousands were without power on Friday across the south-central U.S. following another day of damaging storms on Thursday. Some of the worst damage was in the Texas town of Perryton where a tornado left three dead.
- Pensacola News Journal reported. Escambia County Fire Rescue and emergency medical services responded to a call just after 8:30 p.m. CDT on Thursday of a person trapped under a tree that fell on their home during the storm. The person was pronounced dead on the scene.
- More than 230,000 customers were without power in Texas, according to PowerOutage.US. While the majority of the outages in the state came from the northeastern corner, outages were also high in Ochiltree County, which was where a deadly tornado barreled through on Thursday evening. Additionally, power outages were high in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida on Friday morning.
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