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• APD: Man dies in northeast Austin crash on Sunday morning

  09-06-2025 23:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 34-year-old man died in a crash early Sunday morning in northeast Austin, according to the Austin Police Department.
  Police identified the man as Isidro Montero Reyes. The crash happened at about 4:30 a.m. in the area of the northbound State Highway 130 to westbound Highway 290 ramp between exits 437B and 437A.
  Officers responded to the scene for a single-vehicle crash, APD said. Reyes, who was the driver, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  APD said their initial asse
  
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• Advocates speak out against Texas Dream Act repeal

  09-06-2025 22:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Advocacy groups are raising concerns after a federal lawsuit repealed the Texas Dream Act. Signed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2001, it allows certain undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition.On June 4, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas. It alleged that the Texas Dream Act violates federal law by providing benefits to undocumented students that are not also extended to U.S. citizens.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office released a state
  
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• Death on UT campus not suspicious, police say

  09-06-2025 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A person was found dead on the University of Texas at Austin campus Monday afternoon, according to first responders. Police said the death is not suspicious.
  At about 12:49 p.m., the University of Texas Police Department said it got a call about a possible deceased person near 21st Street and San Jacinto Boulevard. That area is across from Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium.
  Austin-Travis County EMS said the person, who was an adult, was submerged in a creek and pronoun
  
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• Water flow hits 'lowest' levels in 100 years in Hill Country rivers feeding Canyon Lake

  09-06-2025 19:56 via kxan.com
  
  COMAL COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Despite rain in recent weeks, water supplies in the Texas Hill Country are in a tight spot. Last month, the Edwards Aquifer briefly moved to stage five drought restrictions after water levels dropped 33 feet below average in one well.Lake Travis' water levels remain low after several years of drought. (Courtesy: Eric Henrikson/KXAN)
  The declaration comes ahead of what is expected to be a hotter and drier than normal summer.
  At Canyon Lake in Comal County, things are
  
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• Overnight storms bringing heavy rain and strong winds

  09-06-2025 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Storms continue to move through the Hill Country from west to east and separately approaching the Austin metro counties from southwest to northeast. CENTRAL TEXAS RADAROvernightRain and storms will continue spreading through much of the area from the west and southwest bringing a heavy rain and gusty wind threat. This could bring localized flash flooding depending on where the heaviest rain falls and at the same time a risk for some briefly damaging winds as a strong storm appro
  
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• Next chance of showers and storms this evening

  09-06-2025 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Conditions much calmer this afternoon as we saw showers and thunderstorms move through the Hill country with plenty of rainfall overnight. The showers moved northeast leaving most of the Metro and Eastern counties with very little rainfall. CENTRAL TEXAS RADARA lull in activity is expected late afternoon and early evening ahead of another round of potential storms late evening through overnight.
  Second round of storms comes late Tuesday into early WednesdayA flash flood risk and
  
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• Growing risk of flash flooding with more storms ahead

  09-06-2025 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As overnight and early morning storms continue to taper, we look ahead to additional storms expected later today. CENTRAL TEXAS RADAR CENTRAL TEXAS RAINFALL TOTALSMidday looks relatively quiet as a brief drying trend takes hold. By late afternoon, a few isolated storms are possible. It's more likely that our next round gets going late evening into the overnight hours again. There will be a slightly higher severe risk and growing flash flood threat with today's storm activity.Con
  
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• Another round of storms expected later tonight

  09-06-2025 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Early morning rain helped stabilize our atmosphere, but more rain and storms look to return later this evening and especially overnight. CENTRAL TEXAS RAINFALL TOTALSThis evening and tonightWhile the early evening looks dry, there's the potential for at least isolated thunderstorms as early as 8 p.m. Late night and early Wednesday morning rain chances increase as scattered to numerous storms arrive from west to east with severe thunderstorms possible.Increasing storm chances ove
  
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