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• Church deploys 100 volunteers to help with tornado cleanup in Williamson County

  23-03-2022 23:07 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Volunteers organized by a large Georgetown church are now working in shifts to cycle through a neighborhood struck by Monday's tornadoes and assist people whose homes sustained damage during the destructive storm.
  Within an hour of the tornado touching down Monday, Celebration Church in Georgetown already had a team working with people living in an area behind the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock. Pastor Christian Williamson said the volunteers first helped a
  
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• Man killed while crossing I-35 in north Austin

  23-03-2022 23:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A pedestrian died after a vehicle struck him on Interstate 35 in north Austin on March 14, the Austin Police Department said. Police previously said the man was attempting to run across the highway.Police responded to the crash in the 13000 block of northbound I-35, which is near Parmer Lane, around 11:47 p.m., the release said.Javier Eduardo Canchola, 37, was taken to Round Rock Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 12:26 a.m. on March 15. The driver remained on s
  
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• Cruz presses Jackson on critical race theory in tense Supreme Court confirmation hearing

  23-03-2022 22:31 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) repeatedly pressed Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to serve on the Supreme Court, about critical race theory and whether it might influence her work as a justice during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.During the most dramatic part of the questioning, Cruz singled out a book titled “Antiracist Baby,” which argues that babies are taught to be racist or anti-racist and there is no neutrality.  The T
  
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• What are pros, cons of outdoor emergency sirens? Texas cities discuss

  23-03-2022 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — For areas residing in "tornado alley," where twisters are most prevalent, outdoor emergency sirens are a common sight and sound during extreme weather conditions.But here in Central Texas, where tornadoes touching down are more of a rarity, those sirens are fewer and far between.What are the benefits, drawbacks of outdoor emergency sirens?In Austin, city officials have pivoted away from sirens and tapped into more tech-friendly resources. Juan Ortiz, director of the
  
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• How construction material shortages could impact recovery efforts in Round Rock

  23-03-2022 22:07 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Approximately 350 to 400 homes were damaged by Monday night's tornado in Round Rock, according to the city.
  That includes Sheila Beakley's home, with major roof damage. She's taking things step by step."We started a list this morning, pad and paper. We come across little things about, 'Oh yeah, we need to check this; we're gonna have to look at that,'" she said.Round Rock residents reflect on seconds before tornado hit, destroyed homes"There's gonna be a lot of r
  
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• Wednesday morning severe weather threat possible

  23-03-2022 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Temperatures soared well into the 80s as our wildfire danger remained very high on Sunday. A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8pm for most of Central Texas.As humidity rises overnight some low clouds and fog may be around to start us off on Monday. VIDEO: Fireball streaks through the sky live on Georgetown weather camBy late morning the sun burns off the clouds and we'll be in for another mostly sunny and warm afternoon with highs in the mid 80s.
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• Gusty winds and very low humidity bring extreme fire danger to our area

  23-03-2022 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following a historic March tornado outbreak earlier this week, warm spring sunshine rules the forecast through the coming weekend.Very low humidity combined with gusty winds today have prompted a Red Flag Warning for the entire viewing area through 8pm. Outdoor burning will create a significant danger, and in many counties it is currently banned.Counties under outdoor burn bans (Williamson County added late Friday)
  The threat of wildfires is very high to extreme across the
  
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• Fire danger continues today ahead of next severe weather threat Wednesday morning

  23-03-2022 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Morning clouds should burn off through the afternoon keeping our high temperature a few degrees cooler today. Highs will climb into the middle 80s.Despite the increase in humidity today, gusty winds will continue to keep our wildfire danger elevated through the evening. The National Weather Service have issued a Red Flag Warning for Monday for most of Central Texas from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.Red Flag Warning MondayCounties under outdoor burn bansTuesday should be a cloud
  
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• Extreme fire danger continues today

  23-03-2022 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sunshine, low humidity and a warm wind brought record heat to Central Texas on Saturday and also the hottest temperatures of the year so far. VIDEO: Fireball streaks through the sky live on Georgetown weather camTemperatures at Austin's Camp Mabry reached 91 degrees, breaking the previous high temperature record of 90 degrees set in 1939.
  Record high on SaturdayCounties under outdoor burn bans (Williamson County added late Friday)
  Tonight will be mostly clear and comfortabl
  
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• Dry, very warm weekend ahead, but wildfire threat becomes extreme Saturday

  23-03-2022 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following a historic March tornado outbreak earlier this week, warm spring sunshine rules the forecast through the coming weekend.The air will be so dry that increasing winds have prompted a Fire Weather Watch for the Austin metro and Hill Country counties Saturday. Outdoor burning will create a significant danger, and in many counties it is currently banned.Counties under outdoor burn bans (Williamson County added late Friday)
  The threat of wildfires is very high to extrem
  
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• After record heat Saturday, fire danger continues into Sunday

  23-03-2022 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sunshine, low humidity and a warm wind brought record heat to Central Texas on Saturday.Temperatures at Austin's Camp Mabry reached the low 90s, breaking the previous high temperature record of 90 degrees set on this day in 1939.Record high on SaturdayThe fire danger remains high with a Red Flag Warning (Fire Weather Warning) continuing until 8 p.m. for most of Central Texas.Counties under outdoor burn bans (Williamson County added late Friday)
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• Travis County wants to give out fentanyl testing strips. The problem? They're illegal in Texas

  23-03-2022 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Travis County Judge Andy Brown wants the county to be able to give out fentanyl testing strips as a means of helping combat the growing drug crisis facing Central Texas right now. The problem? They're illegal in our state.Fentanyl testing strips can be used to test drugs, powders and pills for the presence of fentanyl, which is often more potent than other drugs and can be fatal. The strips allow people to take extra steps to protect themselves or to not take the drugs altogethe
  
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• Tornado survey: Caldwell County tornado was 600 yards wide

  23-03-2022 21:24 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — As the National Weather Service continues to survey the damage caused during the March 21 tornado outbreak, they've started releasing detailed reports about each tornado.The "Kingsbury Tornado" as it will be known, started in Guadalupe County and ended in Caldwell County. GALLERY: KXAN viewers share photos of damaging tornadoes in Central TexasKingsbury/Caldwell County Tornado FactsRATING: EF-2ESTIMATED PEAK WIND 115MPHPATH LENGTH: 7.53 MILESMAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 600 YARDSFATALITIES
  
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• 19-year-old man hit, killed by vehicle on SH-142 in Lockhart

  23-03-2022 21:19 via kxan.com
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) — A 19-year-old man was hit and killed by a vehicle while walking on the side of a highway in Lockhart late Tuesday morning.
  The City of Lockhart said around 11:45 a.m., police responded to the collision on State Highway 142/San Antonio Street.Police search for missing man last seen in southeast AustinPolice found the young man was hit by a vehicle while walking alongside the roadway. When he was being taken to the hospital, he died, according to the City.
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• Pleasant spring warm-up into the weekend

  23-03-2022 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a historic severe weather event to start the week, a nice (quiet!) stretch of weather takes us into the upcoming weekend.Today will feature sunny, dry and warm weather as afternoon highs climb well into the 70s. Breezy winds out of the northwest will reach speeds of 10-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph. These winds, in addition to a lack of recent rainfall and ongoing drought, will result in critical fire danger for parts of our area.RED FLAG WARNING (or FIRE WEATHER WARNING)
  
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• Fire danger increasing again in forecast

  23-03-2022 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A once in 20-year tornado outbreak is over as a much more pleasant spring forecast takes hold through the coming weekend.Experts from the National Weather Service are still conducting surveys to determine how many individual tornadoes touched down in Central Texas on Monday evening, and how strong each of them were. At this time it appears there were five confirmed tornadoes, and potentially as many as seven.See the preliminary tornado reports and survey results below. For
  
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• Critical fire danger as gusty winds return

  23-03-2022 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a historic severe weather event to start the week, a nice (quiet!) stretch of weather takes us into the upcoming weekend.Today will feature sunny, dry and warm weather as afternoon highs climb well into the 70s. Breezy winds out of the northwest will reach speeds of 10-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph. These winds, in addition to a lack of recent rainfall and ongoing drought, will result in critical fire danger for parts of our area.RED FLAG WARNING (or FIRE WEATHER WARNING)
  
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• Police search for missing man last seen in southeast Austin

  23-03-2022 20:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are searching for a 61-year-old man with medical conditions who was last seen at 12 a.m. Wednesday in southeast Austin.
  His name is Ricky Hudson. The Austin Police Department described him as a white man who's 5'8" and weighs 140 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes.
  He was last seen in the 6800 block of Riverside Drive. That's just east of Montopolis Drive.
  Police said Hudson has medical conditions that may put him in danger.
  If you see him, APD asks you to call 911 i
  
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• APD affidavit: 2 face charges after fentanyl bust in east Austin

  23-03-2022 20:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two people face drug charges after Austin police say they recovered more than a pound of pills that tested positive for fentanyl from the car they were in on March 17.In an arrest affidavit, APD said Tyiesha Nicole Banks, 28, and Shannon Jyquis Wilson, 27, were in possession of 572 grams, approximately 1.25 pounds, of fentanyl pills when APD stopped their car on East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.KXAN has reached out to their attorneys and will update this story when we
  
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• 'There's a lot to be done' Gov. Abbott says tornado destroyed 19 homes in Elgin

  23-03-2022 20:22 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott said the tornado that touched down Monday in Elgin affected more than 100 homes there, destroying 19 of them.
  During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Abbott said no one is in need of shelter, though, because people are staying with other family members or friends. However, one family is in a hotel for the time being, he said.
  "The most important thing that came out of the storm that affected the Elgin area is the simple fact that no life was
  
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• Gov. Abbott says tornado destroyed 19 homes in Elgin

  23-03-2022 20:22 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Greg Abbott said the tornado that touched down Monday in Elgin affected more than 100 homes there, destroying 19 of them.
  During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Abbott said no one is in need of shelter, though, because people are staying with other family members or friends. However, one family is in a hotel for the time being, he said.
  As he has in other Texas communities hit by tornadoes this week, the governor promised the state's help to those affec
  
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• Gov. Abbott discusses latest on tornado response from Elgin

  23-03-2022 20:22 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott is holding another briefing in Central Texas following a series of tornadoes Monday. This time, he's in Elgin, where power lines and buildings were destroyed, including a mobile home lifted atop a nearby warehouse that KXAN's Jim Spencer discovered moments after the storm passed through.Abbott will discuss local response and statewide response as Texas grapples with the aftermath of storms that set down tornadoes in multiple parts of the state.
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• Austin FC donates $5K to Central Texas women's soccer team

  23-03-2022 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC in partnership with Michelob Ultra donated $5,000 to FC Austin Elite — a Central Texas women's soccer club competing in the United Women's Soccer's Southwest Conference this year.FC Austin Elite is in its eighth season of operation, serving as a club to develop players for international competition and provide a home for former professional players. ‘It’s a matter of time’: Fans campaign for pro women’s soccer in Austin as US national
  
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• Nancy Pelosi promises to back U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in runoff for re-election

  23-03-2022 19:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — From Austin on Wednesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promised to again support U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, in his runoff for re-election after the FBI raided his home.Pelosi was in town for an event with U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, to talk about strengthening the Affordable Care Act on its anniversary. Her support for Cuellar was brought up at the end of the event during reporter questions.
  "I support my incumbents," Pelosi said. "I support every one
  
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• ATCEMS: Teen taken to hospital after hit by train in south Austin

  23-03-2022 18:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS said a teen was hit by a train Wednesday in south Austin and was sent to a nearby hospital as a trauma alertATCEMS tweeted at 12:16 p.m. that a person involved was "awake and talking" with first responders near the intersection of West William Cannon Drive and Cannonleague Drive, but medics had to extricate the teen. By 12:30 p.m. ATCEMS said the teen was being taken to St. David's South Austin Medical Center with "potentially serious injuries."The
  
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• Texas AG letter says Austin ISD's 'Pride Week' breaks state law

  23-03-2022 18:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a letter to the Austin Independent School District superintendent Tuesday, condemning the district's "Pride Week" events.Paxton wrote in the letter the lesson plans deal head-on with sexual orientation and gender identity, topics that are "unmistakably" human sexuality instruction and are "governed by state law."Paxton said parents, not school districts, are in charge of sex education. He said by hosting Pride Week, in its current for
  
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• Texas AG letter says Austin ISD 'Pride Week' breaks state law

  23-03-2022 18:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a letter to the Austin Independent School District superintendent Tuesday, condemning the district's "Pride Week" events.Paxton wrote in the letter the lesson plans deal head-on with sexual orientation and gender identity, topics that are "unmistakably" human sexuality instruction and are "governed by state law."Paxton said parents, not school districts, are in charge of sex education. He said by hosting Pride Week, in its current for
  
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• All Austin, Travis County COVID-19 orders cancelled

  23-03-2022 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Orders that required masking in schools, businesses to post signs and for the public to wear masks in city and county buildings have all officially been lifted, local leaders announced Wednesday.
  Masks will still be required in the airport, hospital settings and jails for now.
  Austin Public Health also said they will be adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention community levels tracker as a method for guiding the public on health measures moving forward. Travis Cou
  
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• All Austin, Travis County COVID-19 orders canceled

  23-03-2022 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Orders that required masking in schools, businesses to post signs and for the public to wear masks in city and county buildings have all officially been lifted, local leaders announced Wednesday.
  Masks will still be required in the airport, hospital settings and jails for now.
  Austin Public Health also said they will be adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention community levels tracker as a method for guiding the public on health measures moving forward. Travis Cou
  
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• Why didn't the tornado sirens go off in the Austin area during Monday's tornado warning?

  23-03-2022 16:54 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Videos from across Central Texas captured the tornado outbreak on Monday. One video from Round Rock showed people being caught off guard and running for cover.
  Many KXAN viewers questioned why the tornado sirens did not go off on Monday. KXAN asked Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell for an answer."I think the greatest resource we have is our local media and our local meteorologists. Sirens are an option, I don't know if they are the best option today, in
  
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• Group in Leander raised more than $40K for Ukraine

  23-03-2022 16:42 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Communities across the nation have stepped up to offer aid to Ukraine, and here in Central Texas, there are groups helping out as well."It broke my heart really," said Dino Bullara, owner of Sharks Burger in Leander. "Seeing all these images of women and children and being separated from their families."When Bullara isn't grilling up burgers, you can find him looking at ways to help his community. When he saw what was happening in Ukraine, he focused his attention o
  
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• Austin Habitat for Humanity receives more than $8M from MacKenzie Scott

  23-03-2022 16:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal/KXAN) — MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos, is pouring her fortune into Habitat for Humanity, and the Austin chapter is benefitting from that.MacKenzie Scott (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Of a $436 million donation to Habitat for Humanity International, the local nonprofit received $8.5 million to help buy land for affordable housing. Austin housing market sets another record for median home price"Because this d
  
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• Justin Bieber drops defamation lawsuit after sexual abuse allegations in Austin

  23-03-2022 15:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NBC/KXAN) — Justin Bieber decided to drop defamation lawsuits against two women who claimed he sexually assaulted them a year apart, one of which was alleged to have taken place in Austin.According to a report by NBC News, attorneys for the pop music superstar requested the lawsuits be dismissed in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week. The documents didn't show any type of settlement between him and the defendants who made the accusations on Twitter. Ed Sheeran awaits verdic
  
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• Travis County wants college students to design new 'I Voted' sticker

  23-03-2022 14:19 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — The Travis County Clerk's office is making a call for college artists to be featured on the "I Voted" stickers.Anyone attending college in Travis County can submit designs for a limited edition version of the popular post-voting accessory to be handed out during the General Election in November, the office said on its website.The deadline to submit an entry is 5 p.m., April 22. Judges will weigh in on the entries' theme, uniqueness and artistry to pick a winner."The
  
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• 'Round Rock strong': Neighbors start cleanup, rebuild

  23-03-2022 12:44 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — It's the first of many workdays for Sam Baker as he rebuilds his tornado-ravaged home in the Forest Bluff neighborhood."You can see this wall behind you is folding in," he said, pointing at the second floor.MORE COVERAGE: Round Rock residents reflect on seconds before tornado hit, destroyed homesA blue tint colored the second floor from the tarp replacing the torn roof, and pink insulation carpeted the stairs.
  "We got hit, you know, just directly — just wen
  
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• Elevated fire danger returns as we gear up for breezy & dry days ahead

  23-03-2022 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A once in 15 or 20-year tornado outbreak is over as a much more pleasant spring forecast takes hold through the coming weekend. The beautiful weather will give residents who lost their homes or businesses in the rare March tornado outbreak a chance to pick up the pieces and begin to rebuild.Experts from the National Weather Service are still conducting surveys to determine how many individual tornadoes touched down in Central Texas on Monday evening, and how strong each of
  
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• Number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas drops to lowest total since April 2020

  23-03-2022 11:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The number of Texans hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped to the lowest total since the early days of the pandemic.As of March 21, 1,425 Texans were hospitalized with the virus, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. That's the lowest total since April 20, 2020. At the time, the state was reporting a total of 19,736 cases.Meanwhile, DSHS is reporting an average of 209 new hospital admissions per day, the lowest average since June 27, 2021.As of March
  
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• TEE TIMES: Wednesday at WGC-Match Play

  23-03-2022 06:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play returns to Austin Country Club this week for the seventh straight year.The match play-style tournament will be held in Austin for the sixth time after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled 2020’s event. Billy Horschel won the tournament’s return event in 2021, defeating former Texas Longhorns golfer Scottie Scheffler in the final. VIDEO: Sergio Garcia practices his putting with 5-year-old battling leukemiaAction from Austin Country
  
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• Employee who captured terrifying Walmart video recounts tornado

  23-03-2022 02:47 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The employee who helped guide customers into a Round Rock Walmart during the chaos of Monday's tornado outbreak doesn't want you to think of him has a hero.
  "I'm not a hero," James Watson told KXAN Tuesday. "The real heroes would be the policemen, firemen, EMS and our armed forces."Watson — a senior at Success High School — captured video on his phone as the twister closed in on the store's parking lot near Interstate 35 and State Highway 45, lifting
  
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• Round Rock residents reflect on seconds before tornado hit, destroyed homes

  23-03-2022 02:26 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — On Tuesday morning, Michael Talamantez continued cleaning up and clearing out what was left of his Round Rock home.
  The tornado Monday evening completely destroyed the house he's lived in for decades."It's devastation — 30 years of stuff. My mom who's passed away when I was a teenager, we have all our stuff in there, and to see the photos and all the stuff is sentimental, and it's difficult," he said.The front of Talamantez' home in Round Rock after a torna
  
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• SWAT team called to Riverside Drive after officers try to serve warrant

  23-03-2022 02:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin SWAT is working to get a robbery suspect out of an apartment off East Riverside Drive Tuesday night. This comes after police tried to serve a warrant to him earlier in the day.The Austin Police Department said at 2:05 p.m., officers were trying to serve a robbery warrant to the man at an unknown location. When he saw police, he took off in a vehicle and drove to the 1600 block of East Riverside Drive. That's in between Summit Street and South Lakeshore Boulevard.Offi
  
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• SWAT team called out to Riverside Drive after officers try to serve warrant

  23-03-2022 02:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said the SWAT team is responding to a call off East Riverside Drive Tuesday night.
  Police said the situation is taking place in the 1600 block of East Riverside Drive. That's in between Summit Street and South Lakeshore Boulevard.
  APD said officers were serving a warrant at the address around 4:45 p.m. The subject then refused to come out. Now units are working to bring them out peacefully.
  Police are expected to give more details on the SWAT ca
  
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• Man in custody after SWAT standoff on Riverside Drive

  23-03-2022 02:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin SWAT took a man into custody Tuesday night after a multi-hour standoff at an apartment on East Riverside Drive. Police were trying to serve him a robbery warrant earlier in the day.The Austin Police Department said the man saw police, he drove off to the 1600 block of East Riverside Drive. That's between Summit Street and South Lakeshore Boulevard.Officers called SWAT after the man went into an apartment.Officers used "chemical irritants" to try and bring him out. SW
  
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• We found the red pickup truck that flipped over in Elgin tornado

  23-03-2022 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — "He was in shock; he was crying," said Ruben Briones, who said he helped the driver of the red pickup truck seen flipping over on Highway 290 in Elgin in a widely-circulated video.
  "He told me it was scary," said Briones, who added the driver is from Manor but is leaving the truck in Elgin near where the tornado touched down for the time being.Elgin first responders blown away by lack of severe tornado injuriesThe video of the truck driving through the tornado has gon
  
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• Elgin first responders blown away by lack of severe tornado injuries

  23-03-2022 01:39 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — As damaging tornadoes hit the Elgin area Monday evening, the city’s first responders sprang into action."I told the guys, prepare for the worst,” Elgin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Marco Martinez said. “Be there and assist the people you come upon.” VIDEO: Damaging tornadoes hit Elgin areaThis also included the Elgin Police Department and commander Gena Curtis."We were out in our community, looking at the areas that were impacted the most,"
  
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• Why do scientists believe 'tornado alley' is shifting?

  23-03-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  CENTRAL TEXAS, Texas (KXAN) — Scientists at the National Weather Service are looking through the damage to figure out the scope of Monday's tornadoes that ripped through Central Texas.
  Since Central Texas saw multiple tornadoes along a complicated and long trek of populated areas, scientists say it may take a couple of days to come up with a scale for these storms.
  Tornadoes are deciphered using an Enhanced Fujita scale (EF Scale). The EF Scale was developed based on damage intensity which
  
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• Helicopter survey shows Central Texas tornado damage

  23-03-2022 00:56 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — Following a once-in-a-15 or 20-year tornado outbreak Monday evening, KXAN Chief Meteorologist David Yeomans rode in a helicopter early Tuesday to survey the damage paths across Central Texas.Taking off from Creedmoor southeast of Austin, David and his crew cruised northward just 500 feet above Interstate 35 through downtown Austin toward Round Rock. Eye of the storm: Photos of tornadoes, damage across Central TexasArriving at I-35 and the State Highway 45 flyovers in
  
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• Professional storm chaser describes following tornadoes in Williamson County

  23-03-2022 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a tornado outbreak Monday evening in Central Texas, officials estimate the storm caused millions in damages to Williamson County neighborhoods.
  Jeff Mangum was our eyes and ears on the ground there as tornadoes materialized. He said he's been chasing storms for about 30 years — since he was 17 years old.
  He, along with Jeremy Hamann and Gabe Cox, make up Tornado Trackers. On Monday, they gave us a live view of one of the Williamson County tornadoes as it passed
  
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