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• Possible funnel cloud spotted in Point Venture

  02-04-2017 18:36 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Chief for Travis County ESD No. 1 believes a funnel cloud touched down in the Point Venture area around 9:30 a.m. Sunday as storms rolled through the area.
  The National Weather Service has not confirmed the tornadic activity but damage was done to several structures in the area. Chief Donnie Norman says no one was injured but a home sustained heavy roof damage.
  KXAN News has a crew out surveying the damage with ESD No. 1 and will update this story as more
  
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• Point Venture damage was due to straight line winds, not tornado

  02-04-2017 18:36 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Point Venture community has a lot of clean-up ahead of them after heavy storm damage. Located along Lake Travis, the area was hit hard by wind and rain Sunday morning.
  Dozens of trees were knocked down and several roofs were ripped off structures. The Chief for Travis County ESD No. 1 believes a funnel cloud touched down in the area around 9:30 a.m. But after conducting an on-site investigation, the National Weather Service said that strong
  
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• NWS: Strong 70-80 mph straight winds behind damage in Point Venture

  02-04-2017 18:36 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Point Venture community has a lot of clean-up ahead of them after heavy storm damage. Located along Lake Travis, the area was hit hard by wind and rain Sunday morning.
  Dozens of trees were knocked down and several roofs were ripped off structures. The Chief for Travis County ESD No. 1 believes a funnel cloud touched down in the area around 9:30 a.m. But after conducting an on-site investigation, the National Weather Service said that strong
  
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• National Weather Service surveying damage in Point Venture

  02-04-2017 18:36 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Point Venture community has a lot of clean-up ahead of them after heavy storm damage. Located along Lake Travis, the area was hit hard by wind and rain Sunday morning.
  Dozens of trees were knocked down and several roofs were ripped off structures. The Chief for Travis County ESD No. 1 believes a funnel cloud touched down in the area around 9:30 a.m. The National Weather Service is surveying the area to determine whether or not one did.
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• PHOTOS: Severe storms move through Central Texas

  02-04-2017 18:11 via kxan.com
  
  April 2 severe storms Damage along RM 620 in Hudson Bend area. (Report It: Jeff Murray)Damage along RM 620 in Hudson Bend area. (Report It: Jeff Murray)Storm damage in Point Venture area. (Courtesy: Tricia Minnick)Downed tree in Cedar Park (Report It: Kym Rusnak)Downed limbs in Lakeway area. (Report It: Juan Urista)Tree damaged during storm just west of Salado. (Courtesy: Loretta Jackson)Patio canopy damaged. (Report It: Andy Fogarasi)Damage in Point Venture area. (Report It; Donnie Norman)Quart
  
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• Car crashes into utility pole, causing outages in south Austin

  02-04-2017 15:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Parts of south Austin are without power after a car ran into a utility pole Sunday morning.
  Police say the crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. on South First Street at Oltorf Street. Drivers in the area should try to take a different route as Austin Energy crews work on repairing the pole.
  Austin Energy’s outage website shows approximately 1,400 customers are without power. Current estimated restoration is around 9:30 a.m. 
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Severe storms moving through Central Texas

  02-04-2017 15:39 via kxan.com
  
  This page will be updated as the KXAN team tracks severe weather moving through Central Texas Sunday morning.
  WATCH FIRST WARNING WEATHER LIVE COVERAGE
  KXAN First Warning Weather Forecast
  Track the storm with the KXAN Weather App
  Interactive Radar
  CURRENT WARNINGS:
  Most of Central Texas under a Tornado Watch until 1 p.m.
  Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:45 a.m. for Williamson, NE Travis and NE Burnet Counties
  Flash Flood Watch for most of Central Texas until 11 a.m.
  10:10 am.: Widespread out
  
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• BLOG: Severe storms move through Central Texas

  02-04-2017 15:39 via kxan.com
  
  This page will be updated as the KXAN team tracks severe weather moving through Central Texas Sunday morning.
  KXAN First Warning Weather Forecast
  Track the storm with the KXAN Weather App
  Interactive Radar
  CURRENT WARNINGS:
  Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette Co. until 12:15 p.m.
  11:41 a.m.: Traffic signal at US 290 at Old Kimbro in Manor is out.
  11:40 a.m.: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette County until 12:15 p.m.
  11:29 a.m.: Tornado Watch for most of the KXAN viewing has be
  
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• Colombia: 127 dead after rivers overflow, toppling homes

  02-04-2017 14:50 via kxan.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes and killing at least 127 unsuspecting residents, authorities said Saturday.
  The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a city of about 40,000 tucked between mountains near Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador.
  Muddy water and debris quickly surged through the city’s streets, toppling homes, rip
  
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• Colorado woman’s remains found under grave of WWII veteran

  02-04-2017 14:44 via kxan.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man who pleaded guilty Friday to killing his estranged wife more than two decades ago recently led authorities to her body, which was buried under the grave of a World War II veteran.
  John Sandoval, 52, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 1995 death of Kristina Tournai-Sandoval.
  As part of a plea deal, he told investigators March 22 the remains were buried at a Greeley cemetery.
  Sandoval found an open gravesite ear
  
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• 3 women killed after car collides with charter bus on SH 71

  02-04-2017 11:42 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Three women were killed after a charter bus and car collided Sunday morning. The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. on State Highway 71 and Fall Creek Road, near the Travis-Blanco County line.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety says the car was turning left off of Fall Creek Road onto SH 71. Investigators say the bus was heading eastbound on SH 71 when the car struck it.
  The women who died were all in the car. Austin-Travis County EMS says the women
  
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• 3 Round Rock teens killed in crash on SH 71

  02-04-2017 11:42 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Three teenagers from Round Rock were killed when the car they were in collided with a charter bus early Sunday morning. The crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. on State Highway 71 and Fall Creek Road, near the Travis-Blanco County line.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety said the car — a Chevrolet Cobalt — was turning left off of Fall Creek Road onto SH 71 when it failed to yield the right of way to a bus heading eastbound on SH 71. DPS says the
  
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• 3 killed when car is hit by charter bus carrying Huston-Tillotson baseball team

  02-04-2017 11:42 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Three women were killed when the car they were in collided with a charter bus early Sunday morning. The crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. on State Highway 71 and Fall Creek Road, near the Travis-Blanco County line.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety said the car — a Chevrolet Cobalt — was turning left off of Fall Creek Road onto SH 71. Investigators said the bus was heading eastbound on SH 71 when the car failed to yield the right of way t
  
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• 3 killed when car hits charter bus carrying Huston-Tillotson baseball team

  02-04-2017 11:42 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Three women were killed when the car they were in collided with a charter bus early Sunday morning. The crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. on State Highway 71 and Fall Creek Road, near the Travis-Blanco County line.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety said the car — a Chevrolet Cobalt — was turning left off of Fall Creek Road onto SH 71. Investigators said the bus was heading eastbound on SH 71 when the car failed to yield the right of way t
  
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• 3 killed after car collides with charter bus carrying Huston-Tillotson baseball team

  02-04-2017 11:42 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Three women were killed after a charter bus and car collided Sunday morning. The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. on State Highway 71 and Fall Creek Road, near the Travis-Blanco County line.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety says the car was turning left off of Fall Creek Road onto SH 71. Investigators say the bus was heading eastbound on SH 71 when the car struck it.
  The women who died were all in the car. Austin-Travis County EMS says the women
  
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• Train strikes, kills pedestrian in downtown Austin

  02-04-2017 05:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Union Pacific train struck and killed a pedestrian in downtown Austin Saturday night, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened just before 10 p.m. near the 1600 block of West 5th Street.
  When emergency crews arrived, they said it was obvious that the victim, who they said was a man in his 30s, did not survive.
  KXAN has a crew on the scene and has left messages for Union Pacific. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
  
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• Volunteers hold garage sale to help Buda foster mom buy new home

  02-04-2017 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — When Child Protective Services reached out to a Buda mom and asked her to take in four distant relatives, she knew she couldn’t say no.  Now, five years after fostering the children she is looking to adopt them, but is running into a few road blocks regarding the safety of her home.
  However, when CPS referred the family to the Austin Angels organization, a group of volunteers stepped in to help the family get a new home.
  “This was brought to us and jus
  
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• Conference aims to keep Hispanic women ‘heart-healthy’

  02-04-2017 04:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, but Latinas are more likely to develop heart disease nearly a decade earlier than other women.
  To stress how a heart-healthy lifestyle can keep the disease at bay, the American Heart Association held its Eighth Annual Vestido Rojo — or “red dress” — conference Saturday to help Hispanic women learn more about heart disease and how to make sure it doesn’t develop.
  “That’s one of
  
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• Repeat offender charged with arson in Atlanta overpass fire

  02-04-2017 03:38 via kxan.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The man accused of starting the raging fire that destroyed part of Interstate 85 north of downtown Atlanta was talking about smoking crack just before the blaze began, according to his arrest affidavit.
  Basil Eleby told city and federal investigators that he had discussed smoking crack cocaine with two companions under the highway overpass before deciding to do the drug alone, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday.
  Jail records show Eleby has been arrested 19 ti
  
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• ATC EMS strengthens flash-flood preparedness with training next week

  02-04-2017 01:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When severe weather strikes, Central Texas first responders know residents are relying on them to reach people in peril.
  Austin-Travis County EMS medics said crews are headed to Tennessee next week for water rescue training.
  The training strengthens their response when spring storms drop heavy rain, flooding low water crossings and stranding unsuspecting drivers.
  “In Central Texas, we have some areas that are the third most likely to flash-flood on the planet, not jus
  
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• ATC EMS crews to train next week, strengthen flash-flood preparedness

  02-04-2017 01:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When severe weather strikes, Central Texas first responders know residents are relying on them to reach people in peril.
  Austin-Travis County EMS medics said crews are headed to Tennessee next week for water rescue training.
  The training strengthens their response when spring storms drop heavy rain, flooding low water crossings and stranding unsuspecting drivers.
  “In Central Texas, we have some areas that are the third most likely to flash-flood on the planet, not jus
  
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• The Latest: Rescuers suspend search for night in Colombia

  02-04-2017 01:19 via kxan.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the deadly river overflow in southern Colombia (all times local):
  11 p.m.
  With no electricity to light in Mocoa, Colombia, authorities were forced to suspend the search late Saturday evening but vowed to continue combing through the debris at the first appearance of daylight Sunday morning.
  A total of 193 people were killed and as many as 220 feared missing after a torrent of water and mud swept through the a city of 40,000 near midnight Friday, catchi
  
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• The Latest: Death toll rises to 193 in Colombia disaster

  02-04-2017 01:19 via kxan.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the deadly river overflow in southern Colombia (all times local):
  8 p.m.
  The number of people killed in Colombia after a surge of mud and water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city has risen to 193.
  Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced the rising death toll early Saturday evening as rescuers continued to search for the missing.
  A torrent of debris surged through the city of Macoa near Colombia’s southern border with
  
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• Sen. Cruz challenger O’Rourke makes stop in Austin

  02-04-2017 00:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The day after he announced he’s challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in the 2018 U.S. Senate race, Congressman Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, stopped in Austin Saturday to attend the Austin Texas Democrats’ Fair Shot Training Summit.
  “It’s important to me to be everywhere,” said O’Rourke. “A week before last, I was in Midland and Abilene and Odessa and Big Spring. I was in Waco this morning and Dallas last night.”
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