SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked people and businesses in the nation’s most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% amid a drought. Newsom’s request is not an order. But it demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the summer and
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist While Tropical Storm Elsa was dumping heavy rain on Florida on Wednesday, Texas was dealing with its own flooding crisis. A flash flood emergency was issued for Rockport and Fulton, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon after almost a foot of rain fell across the region in a short period of time.
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SAVANNAH, Georgia — Tropical Storm Elsa is carving a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake. One person was killed in Jacksonville, Florida,
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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 helped us because we need it,” Adolfo Enriquez, owner of Enriquez Farms said. “We’re very dry, but it hasn’t helped us because it’s postponed a lot of our work
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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 debris in the roadways, after large amounts of rainfall brought to region in recent storms. Salvador Solis, the infrastructure division manager for the city, said Wednesday that the amount
Continue ReadingElsa strengthened to a hurricane and is expected to make landfall over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. CNN’s Tom Sater reports.
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Elsa has made landfall on Florida’s gulf coast, and flash floods and tornadoes are expected along the storm’s track. CNN meteorologist Tom Sater has the latest.
Continue ReadingBy 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 border, leaving at least one person dead and multiple injured. Winds from Elsa caused a tree to fall on two cars during an afternoon commute in Jacksonville, Florida, killing one
Continue ReadingBy 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 Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Records could topple again this weekend as temperatures climb well above normal. The number of Oregonians who died from heat-related illnesses during the historic
Continue ReadingBy 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 hurricane Tuesday. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday morning over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. “Hurricane conditions are expected
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN Search and rescue teams in Surfside, Florida, recovered four more bodies Tuesday, bringing the Champlain Towers South condo collapse death toll to 36, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at an evening news conference. There are 109 “reports of people who are potentially unaccounted for,” she
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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 hurricane to some El Pasoans, who said they had never seen anything like it before. You can view it in the video player above. ABC-7 Chief
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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 moved through west El Paso. Monday night’s river rescue by border agents took place near Paisano and Executive; none of the migrants were seriously hurt – but
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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 determined. ORIGINAL REPORT: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Nearly 5,000 homes and businesses in the Las Cruces area lost electricity on a Monday night that saw stormy weather throughout
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TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Authorities in Japan say at least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in Atami, southwest of Tokyo. A spokesman says dozens of homes may have been buried in the town known for hot springs. Self-defense forces are joining firefighters and police in the rescue
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EL PASO, Texa s– Five days of nonstop rain has left El Paso roads littered with debris from the monsoon storm. While highways like US Highway 54 and Interstate 10 have been cleared by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crews, local El Paso roads like Dyer Street are all still left waiting. “It’s horrible. Being
Continue ReadingHurricane Elsa has become the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Elsa is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Windward and Leeward Islands on Friday. Meteorologist Jennifer Gray has the forecast.
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Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Thursday triggered a Flash Flood Warning from the National Weather Service as weather conditions for a third time this week resulted in flooding that disrupted the afternoon commute for Borderland motorists. Northeast and east El Paso, which saw several
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By Amanda Jackson and Brisa Colon, CNN As the West deals with a historic drought, officials in some cities are banning fireworks to help prevent more wildfires. The pandemic shuttered most of the July 4 celebrations last year as people stayed home to stop the spread of Covid-19. Thanks mostly to vaccinations, restrictions have been
Continue ReadingTropical storm Elsa has formed in the Atlantic on the heels of a deadly heatwave. CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers has the details.
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Click here for ABC-7’s Traffic Track Map EL PASO, Texas — Heavy rain falling across El Paso on Wednesday afternoon triggered a Flash Flood Warning from the National Weather Service as conditions for a second time this week resulted in flooding along Interstate 10 near Asarco, backing up afternoon commute traffic to the downtown area.
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UPDATE, June 30: CARLSBAD, New Mexico — One person was found dead in a truck driven into floodwaters that covered a closed road in Carlsbad after heavy rain drenched southern New Mexico, state police said. The person driving the truck went through a road block late Tuesday night and the vehicle was swept away by floodwaters,
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EL PASO, Texas — Residents in Smeltertown, a small west El Paso neighborhood just north of Paisano and Executive, are picking up the pieces after heavy rainfall formed a rushing river through their properties Monday night. Juliana Vasquez, a resident of Smeltertown for 77 years, had never seen rain flowing that heavily before. “Oh my
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EL PASO, Texas — Multiple areas of El Paso have experienced flash floods in recent days, which is something many El Pasoans say they thought wouldn’t happen since they’re paying El Paso Water fees each month to build storm water infrastructure. Martin Noriega, the chief operations officer of El Paso Water, told ABC-7 that the
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — One man’s inconvenience is another man’s blessing. “We love the rain!” said Greg Daviet, the farm manager of Dixie Ranch in Dona Ana County. “Growing the world’s food supply requires a lot of water.” For every quarter inch of rain that falls, Daviet told ABC-7 he will save $1,000
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Moon, Jon Passantino and Rebekah Riess, CNN More than 230 deaths have been reported in British Columbia since Friday as a historic heat wave brought record-high temperatures, officials said Tuesday. The province’s chief coroner called it an “unprecedented time.” “Since the onset of the heat wave late last week, the BC Coroners Service
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DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — After three days of repeated power outages at his aunt’s Dallas home back during February’s arctic storm, Steven Brown noticed something was very wrong with his legs. “My feet had swelled up on me,” he recalled. “I couldn’t walk normal. My ankles locked up to the point where I couldn’t bend
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EL PASO, Texas — The husband of the 39-year-old Austin woman who died hiking in the Franklin Mountains amidst Monday’s heavy rains said she was loved by her son, her husband and her students. “She’s Christy,” said Gabriel Mata, the husband of Christina Garcia-Mata. “She’s beautiful.” Shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday, search and rescue
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EL PASO, Texas — A 39-year-old woman was found dead by El Paso Fire Department search and rescue crews Monday evening in the Franklin Mountains following heavy rainfall across the area. Fire officials said the woman was hiking when she slipped on wet rocks, fell down the mountain and was swept away by rushing water
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A Flash Flood Warning was in effect for El Paso until 7 p.m. Monday after heavy rainfall deluged the Borderland throughout the afternoon. In west El Paso, high water due to local drainage problems flooded Paisano and Executive, stranding some motorists who were unable to pass through the rising water on
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