CORPUS CHRISTI (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott gave a brief update on Wednesday about the current situation in South Texas in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey. At least 22 people have died and more than 8500 people have been rescued since Harvey made landfall last Friday. Abbott said while the rain in Houston has…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — SMU and Baylor are offering free tickets to their home football games this weekend for South Texas storm evacuees. They’re also providing them with meal vouchers, which for SMU includes a free hot dog and soda. Baylor did not specifiy what comes with theirs. If you have been displaced or know…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Houston Police Department is mourning one of their own after a veteran officer drowned in the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey that left him trapped inside his squad car. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed the death of Sergeant Steve Perez on Tuesday. Turner tweeted that Perez had driven two-and-a-half hours looking for a…… MORE
Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF News/CNN) — President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised their staffs and projected an upbeat tone at the start of their briefing on Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi Tuesday afternoon. “This is really my honor,” said Trump as he called Texas a “special place” that will come back from the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) — City leaders in both Dallas and Fort Worth have announced websites to help coordinate the volunteer effort in North Texas. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings announced this morning they’d launched http://www.dallashelpforharvey.net. He says anyone looking to volunteer should check there first, not only to assess the need, but to clear any background checks that…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — The City of Fort Worth says it’s opening shelters for Harvey evacuees and is ready to take in about 1,000 people, if necessary. A wave of evacuees is expected to arrive sometime Tuesday morning by bus. They’ll be routed through the Wilkerson-Greines Athletic Center and will either stay there or…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas shelters are filling up with Hurricane Harvey evacuees who are unsure when they will be able to return home. Roberto Torres is staying at a Dallas Red Cross shelter at night and searching for temporary work during the day. He says he left his apartment in the Houston area because he…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas is preparing to open up the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for South Texas evacuees on Tuesday. The city opened three shelters over the weekend, all at local rec centers: Walnut Hill, Tommie Allen, and Samuel Grand. The first two filled their 300-person capacity within days. The Red Cross is…… MORE
(CNN) – Hurricane Harvey made landfall Friday night between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. Harvey is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the US since 2004. The time for dire warnings, how Hurricane Harvey is life-threatening…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Among the dozens of emergency personnel making their way south to respond to the effects of Hurricane Harvey, emergency service provider MedStar is sending the AMBUS, a hospital on wheels to respond. MedStar’s Matt Zavadsky said they have seven uniquely trained personnel inside the bus that have the capability to triage…… MORE
