StormTRACK Weather: Active weather settles Monday morning
Thunderstorms won’t be as intense this afternoon; most of the area will see dry conditions. There will be a chance for isolated storms along the…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Severe thunderstorms to rumble through the Borderland this evening
El Paso, Texas- It’s the calm before the storm. Severe thunderstorms will begin to develop across our region, becoming widespread near 5 P.M. through…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10PM
Severe weather threat between 3-11 pm today. Gusty winds (gusts to 60 mph) and heavy rain potential. Can’t rule out quarter size hail.…
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Branson’s space trip delayed; potential it could be scrubbed
(Editor’s note: Click here to watch ABC-7’s LIVE launch coverage from 6-7AM and 8-10AM) UPDATE: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s launch to the…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Severe weather expected to return Sunday
El Paso, Texas- The heat and the sunshine returned to the Borderland this weekend. It’s been a nice break from the rain and thunderstorms, but all…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Triple-digit heat Saturday, strong storms Sunday
Today is going to be the last day of extreme heat for the week. Most of us will see temperatures in the 100’s with sunny skies and light winds. You…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Heavy rain expected Sunday with potential for flooding
El Paso, Texas– The ABC-7 StormTrack weather team has issued an ABC-7 First Alert for the return of showers and thunderstorms. Triple digit heat…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Hot today and tomorrow, but rain returns Sunday
It’s going to be a hot afternoon today, with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s across the board. Tomorrow will be even hotter with almost everyone…
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StormTRACK Weather: Hot and dry through Saturday, storms make a comeback
Dry and hot conditions will continue through the weekend. Highs will reach the upper 90s today with the return of triple-digits tomorrow. Rain…
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StormTrack Weather: Triple digit heat returns this weekend along with storm chances by Sunday
El Paso, Texas– Overall a nice night expected across the Borderland this evening. Dry conditions with overnight lows reaching the upper 60s and…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Hot, hot, hot…and rain early next week
Happy Thursday to you all. Today will be toasty outside with not much cloud cover to save us from this heat, and that’ll be the same story for the…
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California governor urges residents, businesses to voluntarily cut water use by 15% amid drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked people and businesses in the nation’s most populous state to voluntarily…
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StormTRACK Weather: The borderland gets a break from the rain
The borderland will get a break from the rain for the remainder of the week. High pressure kicks in so if you need a car wash the next several days…
Continue ReadingMore rain ahead for Texas as cleanup begins after flooding emergency hits Gulf Coast
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist While Tropical Storm Elsa was dumping heavy rain on Florida on Wednesday, Texas was dealing with its own…
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LIVE updates: Tropical storm pounds East Coast; 1 Florida death
SAVANNAH, Georgia — Tropical Storm Elsa is carving a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida…
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Some Borderland farmers benefited from recent rain, others didn’t
ANTHONY, New Mexico — The recent rain has had many of us rejoicing, including plenty of farmers. But not all are reaping the same rewards. “It’s…
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Potholes, rocks & debris litter El Paso streets after recent heavy rains
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Streets and Maintenance Department is seeing a high volume of potholes across the city, as well as large amounts of…
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Drying out and getting hotter
Rain chances will end temporarily the next several days before chances for storms again later Sunday. Temps will climb to the mid and upper 90’s.…
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StormTRACK Weather: Scattered showers and storms Wednesday
There is still plenty of moisture to bring another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Temperatures will cool to the 80s…
Continue ReadingMeteorologist explains why Elsa may be ‘rare’ hurricane
Elsa strengthened to a hurricane and is expected to make landfall over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Elsa now poses threat to entire East Coast
Tropical Storm Elsa has made landfall on Florida’s gulf coast, and flash floods and tornadoes are expected along the storm’s track. CNN meteorologist…
Continue ReadingAt least 1 dead, multiple injured as Tropical Storm Elsa whips north Florida, pushing toward Georgia and the Carolinas
By Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN As Tropical Storm Elsa creeps over the southeast and continues north, it has wreaked havoc near the Georgia-Florida…
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Some isolated storms overnight then drier air arrives for Thursday through Saturday.
There is a possibility for a few storms overnight then drier air arrives for later Wednesday through Saturday. As we dry the air a bit, temps will…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Tuesday and Wednesday
An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday. This afternoon, thunderstorms will begin to develop around the…
Continue ReadingHundreds died in the West’s heat wave last week. Now another one is gearing up.
By Hannah Gard and Taylor Ward, CNN Unrelenting heat is expected to continue in the West after a late-June heat wave left hundreds dead in the…
Continue ReadingHurricane Elsa is moving north off the Florida coast near Tampa Bay with 75 mph winds
By Jason Hanna, Hollie Silverman and Amir Vera, CNN Elsa is moving up the Florida coast and is now near the Tampa Bay area after strengthening to a…
Continue ReadingRescue crews battle storms as they search for dozens still unaccounted for in Florida condo collapse
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN Search and rescue teams in Surfside, Florida, recovered four more bodies Tuesday, bringing…
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Caught on video: West El Paso storm looked like hurricane
EL PASO, Texas — TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: A very intense storm that moved through west El Paso outside the ABC-7 studios on Monday night looked like a…
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4 migrants saved from Rio Grande after west El Paso storm
EL PASO, Texas — Four migrants stuck in the Rio Grande were rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents who spotted them a short time after a super storm…
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Nearly 5,000 lose power in Las Cruces area on stormy night
UPDATE: Power was restored just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to an El Paso Electric spokesman; he said the cause of the outages were still being…
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