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Central Texas drought almost 16 months old

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas and the KXAN viewing area has been in drought since November 30, 2021. Our drought has fluctuated, improved and worsened during that time. Our last drought-free outlook in the 15-county KXAN viewing area came Thanksgiving week when the Texas drought map looked like this (see below). Texas Drought Nov 23, 2021A week later northern Lampasas County entered "moderate drought" and we haven't been drought-free since.By early April 2022 the drought had worsened considerably with most of the Hill Country in Severe or Extreme drought and parts of Lampasas County in Exceptional drought.Drought ~1 Year agoThat spring into summer would go on to see Extreme and Exceptional drought take over much of the state and almost all of Central Texas.This is how the drought looked across Texas by early August of last year.Texas Drought August 9, 2022Significant late summer and early fall rains took a bite out of the drought. Much of Central Texas was taken out of Extreme or Ex...

March Madness: Final Four set with Miami, SDSU, FAU, Uconn

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

By The Associated PressMarch Madness has rounded toward the Final Four, and No. 1 seeds are nowhere to be found. Instead, the Final Four will have no team seeded better than No. 4 for the first time since seeding began in 1979.Florida Atlantic became the lowest-ever seed to make the Final Four after beating Kansas State. Miami and San Diego State are in the Final Four for the first time. And UConn’s back for the first time in nine years. There’ve been millions of busted brackets and only three games remain. Here is what to know:GAMES TO WATCHNo. 5 San Diego State (31-6) vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic (35-3), Saturday, 6:09 p.m. EDT (CBS)The Florida Atlantic Owls — Who? — extended their second appearance in the tournament with a 79-76 victory over Kansas State. The Conference USA champs are the winningest team in Division I and will face San Diego State in the national semifinals. The Aztecs beat Creighton when Darrion Trammell hit the second of two free throws wi...

First responders drill for rail emergency in Los Angeles County

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

First responders from across Los Angeles County, along with several railroad companies, participated in a drill on Sunday that simulated a railroad emergency.  Crews from L.A. County Fire and L.A. City Fire, along with Compton and Downey fire departments, gathered in the Alameda Corridor for the first response emergency drill.  “Anything that can happen on these lines can happen here in Los Angeles,” L.A. County Fire Public Information Officer Henry Narvaez said. “What if there’s a fire in one of these trains, what if there was a rescue situation? How would we get to it, how would we tend to it? We need to train for it. We need to be ready for it.”  KTLA 5 Photojournalist Phil Ige reports.  

Fuerte caída: Twitter ha perdido más de la mitad de su valor desde la compra de Elon Musk

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

El magnate Elon Musk, propietario único de Twitter, aseguró en una nota interna a sus empleados que el valor de la empresa ha caído a los $20 mil millones de dólares, menos de la mitad de los 44 mil que él pagó en su compra el pasado octubre.En la nota enviada por correo electrónico, que ha sido consultada por varios medios estadounidenses como el Wall Street Journal o el New York Times, Musk dice que Twitter se está “transformando a tal rapidez” que puede ser ahora considerada como “una start-up a la inversa”.La afirmación de Musk aparece en esta carta, que data del pasado viernes, enviada con el fin primero de explicar a los empleados un programa de compensación en acciones, que estarían calculadas de acuerdo con el nuevo valor de la empresa. Es oficial: la verificación en Twitter solo estará disponible a quienes paguen por ella Cómo mantener tu cuenta de Twitter segura, sin pagar Musk no ha respondido a ...

El viaje en autobús “más largo del mundo” tardará 56 días en cruzar Europa

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

(CNN) — ¿Te gustaría pasar dos meses viajando por tierra de Estambul a Londres sin tener que ponerte al volante La empresa india de expediciones Adventures Overland está a punto de lanzar lo que se anuncia como “el viaje en autobús más largo del mundo”.Con salida prevista en agosto, el viaje de 56 días, disponible para un máximo de 30 pasajeros, recorrerá 22 países, llevando a los viajeros desde la ciudad más grande de Turquía, pasando por los Balcanes, Europa oriental, Escandinavia y Europa occidental, hasta la capital del Reino Unido.Una travesía en ferry por el Golfo de Finlandia, una visita al Cabo Norte (o Nordkapp) -el punto más septentrional de la Europa continental- y un crucero por los fiordos noruegos figuran entre los puntos más destacados del viaje de 12.000 kilómetros.El paquete completo, que costará a los viajeros US$ 24.300, incluye un desayuno diario, además de 30 almuerzos y cenas, así como todas las estancias en hoteles (compartiendo habitación).A...

¿Qué pasó cuando EE.UU. designó como “terrorista” a Pablo Escobar y las FARC?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

(CNN Español) — En 1992 el gobierno de Estados Unidos ofreció una recompensa de US$ 2 millones por información que permitiera la captura de Pablo Escobar el entonces jefe del Cartel de Medellín, uno de los más temidos y sanguinarios jefes del narcotráfico que en ese momento sembraba el terror en Colombia. Esta sería la primera de varias designaciones como terroristas tanto de personas como de grupos criminales en ese país por parte del Departamento de Estado y el Departamento de Justicia.En el caso de Pablo Escobar sus acciones violentas contra el Estado y la población civil, en su intento por frenar la extradición de narcotraficantes a Estados Unidos, motivaron esa decisión de Washington. Los centenares de víctimas de esta guerra de Escobar, entre las que se cuentan magistrados, periodistas, policías y ciudadanos indefensos, llevaron a las autoridades a considerarlo como uno de los narcotraficantes más buscados del mundo.Una imagen tomada el 6 de septiembre de 1989 de la tele...

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31, Thunder beat depleted Blazers

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the depleted Portland Trail Blazers 118-112 on Sunday.Jalen Williams had 23 points and Isaiah Joe added 20 off the bench for Oklahoma City. It was a crucial win for the Thunder in the Western Conference play-in race. They improved to 37-38 and moved into a tie for ninth place with the Los Angeles Lakers.Shaedon Sharpe led the Trail Blazers with a career-high 29 points, and Nassir Little scored a season-high 28 off the bench. The loss was Portland’s eighth in 10 games, dropping the team to 32-42 this season. The Blazers are four games back of 10th place in the West and the final spot in the play-in tournament.Portland was playing without four of its five regular starters as guards Damian Lillard (right calf) and Anfernee Simons (right foot), forward Jerami Grant (left calf) and center Jusuf Nurkic (right knee) all sat out.The Blazers started off hot and built a 37-25 lead at the end ...

FHP assisting at DUI checkpoints after Miami Beach declares state of emergency

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are helping Miami Beach Police after city officials declared a state of emergency due to spring break-related chaos.Dozens of troopers have been assisting at multiple DUI checkpoints. They have also patrolled the streets of Miami Beach.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the operation after the city’s state of emergency declaration.Large crowds have been visiting South Florida during spring break, and a string of shootings along Ocean Drive left two people dead.

MEPs cling to TikTok for Gen Z votes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

It may come with security risks but, for European Parliamentarians, TikTok is just too good a political tool to abandon. Staff at the European Parliament were ordered to delete the video-sharing application from any work devices by March 20, after an edict last month from the Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola cited cybersecurity risks about the Chinese-owned platform. The chamber also “strongly recommended” that members of the European Parliament and their political advisers give up the app. But with European Parliament elections scheduled for late spring 2024, the chamber’s political groups and many of its members are opting to stay on TikTok to win over the hearts and minds of the platform’s user base of young voters. TikTok says around 125 million Europeans actively use the app every month on average.“It’s always important in my parliamentary work to communicate beyond those who are already convinced,” said Leïla Chaibi, a French far-left lawmaker who has 3...

Supervisor Nathan Fletcher to seek care for post-traumatic stress, alcohol abuse

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:33:01 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Supervisor Nathan Fletcher announced Sunday that he will be checking into an inpatient treatment center for post-traumatic stress and alcohol abuse.Fletcher, who announced a bid for the California State Senate in February, will begin medical leave to receive treatment and forgo his campaign for higher office to focus on his health."For many years, I have been suffering from devastating post traumatic stress associated with combat piled on top of intense childhood trauma," Fletcher said in a statement. “Outwardly, I have projected calm and composure. Internally, I have been waging a struggle that only those closest to me have seen...I have to seek help."His office said that they will remain open to serve constituents in the district the Supervisor represents. California sending millions for transportation improvements in San Diego Read the full statement from Fletcher's office below:“For many years, I have been suffering from devastating post traumatic stress associate...