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Texas Inmates Dying In Fiery Prisons: State Denies Heat As Cause
Inmates in Texas prisons are dying with body temperatures higher than 105, but the state Department of Criminal Justice keeps denying that inmates are dying because of the heat. The Texas Newsroom reported that John Castillo, an inmate in Hughes Unit in Gatesville, died in 2023 with a body temperature...
Summer heat is back in North Texas with an extended heat advisory
NORTH TEXAS — It's been a while since North Texas has seen heat index values in the low 100s. The breeze will hang around Monday night, but so will the heat and humidity.The heat advisory has been extended through at least 8 p.m. Tuesday, and it has been expanded to include most of North Texas. The highlighted counties will experience feels-like temps up to 107° at times, and this is just the start. The humidity is expected to dip a bit heading into mid-week, but that's when the triple digits return. We'll still be close to meeting heat advisory criteria each day, so heat advisories are expected to continue for at least some of the area through the week. Lots of sunshine to end the month of July and start the month of August. Stay hydrated!
Monday Night Forecast: Sunshine dominates most of this week
TONIGHT: A few clouds, especially around daybreak. Low: 78. Winds: S 10 MPH. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny & hot. High: 94. Winds: S 10-15 MPH. WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. Low: 77. High: 95. Winds: S 10-15 MPH. THURSDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. Low: 76. High: 96. Winds: S 5-10 MPH. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. […]
3 East Texas counties approved for transitional sheltering assistance in response to Hurricane Beryl
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that three East Texas counties were approved for FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program in response to the impact of Hurricane Beryl. In a press release on July 24, the governor's office said Jasper, Nacogdoches, and Polk counties were among the...
Has SE Texas gotten windier? New 'Climate Ready' initiative gets close look at climate change
Houston and southeast Texas experienced two severe wind events within eight weeks: the May derecho and Hurricane Beryl. Each storm produced hurricane-force gusts, which led to extensive tree damage and prolonged power outages.With two impactful events so close together- severe storms that produced the strongest wind gust ever recorded at Bush Intercontinental Airport last year, Texans may be asking themselves if Houston is getting windier.ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith dives into this topic as part of a new initiative, Climate Ready.RELATED: Disaster recovery expert weighs in on how long it takes to rebuild from a derechoOn Monday, ABC News and ABC-owned...
Texas teen walks across Arkansas to D.C. to raise awareness
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — One teen from Lubbock, Texas, has decided that distance is not too great for a cause he supports. Elisio Jimenez joins Little Rock ARC on his journey from Texas as he walks across the state of Arkansas to get to Washington D.C. To help him...
Texas ranks 7th worst state for health care in 2024, WalletHub study finds
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has been ranked the seventh worst state for health care in 2024, according to a new report from WalletHub. The personal-finance website compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 44 key measures of health care cost, accessibility, and outcomes. The data set ranges from the average monthly insurance premium to physicians per capita to the share of the population with health insurance.
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