Updated at 5:00pm: MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it approaches the northeast Caribbean. The storm’s center is 490 miles (790 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands late Monday afternoon. It has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and is moving west at 13 mph (20…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the coming weeks and months, insurance companies will declare lots of vehicles damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey as total losses. However, those cars could be re-titled and sold to un-suspecting buyers. “The Car Pro Show” host Jerry Reynolds is advising prospective car buyers to take their times, get…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas is providing a surge of food benefits to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in the 58 counties included in the State Disaster Declaration following Hurricane Harvey. SNAP recipients in the affected counties had their September benefits automatically loaded onto their Lone Star cards on September 1. Normally benefits are…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is housing just under 3,000 Hurricane Harvey evacuees. Late Monday morning, the city said that its four shelters had been consolidated to two. More than 240 evacuees staying at Walnut Hill Rec-center were moved to the Mega Shelter at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown. The convention center is…… MORE
(CNN) — US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “begging for war” as she urged the UN Security Council to adopt the strongest sanctions measures possible to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Speaking at a Security Council emergency meeting, Haley said North Korea’s sixth nuclear…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston’s mayor insists that America’s fourth-largest city is “open for business,” but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved. Mayor Sylvester Turner said much of the city was hoping to get back on…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF News) — The North Texas nonprofit Team Rubicon has filled a handful of vans with supplies and volunteers and sent them down south to help South Texans rebuild. The organization consists of veterans and first responders whose mission is to help and empower those affected by disasters, like Hurricane Harvey. “To have…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A shoplifting suspect who was running away from North Richland Hill Police was killed trying to cross the highway. Police say the man took off after they confronted him in a Wal-Mart parking lot around 5:00 Sunday evening. They say he bolted toward NE Loop 820 and crossed the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Environmental Protection Agency reports at least 13 toxic waste sites were flooded or damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The impact of the flooding is unknown because no one has yet been able to get to them safely. The EPA says it will send inspectors to the sites as soon as the floodwaters recede.…… MORE
Haltom City (WBAP/KLIF) – A 9 year old Haltom City boy playing with a pistol accidentally shot himself Saturday. Investigators say he found the loaded handgun in his parents’ bedroom, and was playing with it when it went off. He was dead when paramedics and police officers reached him. … MORE
