Weather

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake was felt early Thursday morning and is said to be stronger than what the region typically experiences.

Early Thursday morning, the waters of Town Creek flooded a row of homes along its banks in Kerrville, damaging homes that were spared the year before.

Warmer air holds more water. When that air encounters the right weather conditions, bigger storms emerge.

Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.

At least two people died after extreme flooding hit the Hill Country late Wednesday into Thursday morning.

Gov. Greg Abbott said South Central Texas should expect "life threatening catastrophic floods," through Thursday, mainly concentrated around the Nueces River Basin.

A confirmed tornado moved through the San Antonio at around 8:24 a.m. on Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected on and off through Thursday. Here's what you need to know about the flood threat across the San Antonio area, the Hill Country and the rest of South Central Texas.

The City of Lubbock Public Libraries are accepting school supply donations ahead of the annual Back-2-School Bash through July 23. Our Samantha Larned reports on how folks can contribute. You can find the online registry and a list of drop-off locations here. Intense flash flooding over the weekend, killed one person in San Antonio. Texas Public Radio's Brian Kirkpatrick reports more flooding is expected this week for a large portion of the state.

The majority of tornadoes this year have blasted through states in the Midwest and Southeast, including Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa. Tornado activity has been increasing east of the Great Plains in recent decades.

In cities across the U.S., parades were canceled and events were delayed because of the heat. Meanwhile, emergency rooms saw a high number of people with heat-related illnesses.