{"id":57013,"date":"2025-07-11T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57013\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:03:20","slug":"morning-briefing-san-antonio-july-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57013\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing San Antonio July 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, San Antonio. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It is our last rain-free day before scattered showers and storms return Saturday. Storms will be most prevalent across Central and North Texas and begin shortly after lunchtime Saturday. We\u2019ll need to continue to monitor for the possibility of flash flooding Saturday and Sunday on our already saturated soils.<\/p>\n

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Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Gov. Greg Abbott adds 4 flooding related priorities to special session agenda<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Gov. Greg Abbott refuses to place blame for the Fourth of July floods, instead he\u2019s made flood response the top priority of the upcoming special legislative session. Flood warning systems, along with flood emergency communications, relief funding for the Hill Country floods and natural disaster preparation and recovery are listed on the special session agenda.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster\u00a0like the one that killed dozens of young campers\u00a0and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Heroics of Texas camp counselors cast spotlight on those who oversee millions of U.S. kids each summer<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

As\u00a0floodwaters rose in Texas,\u00a0camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm. Some died trying to keep their campers safe.<\/p>\n

These heroics have cast a spotlight on the people who fill these roles.<\/p>\n

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An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis)<\/p>\n

Around The Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Noem reiterates plan to eliminate FEMA in its current form as Trump defers on topic amid floods<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0New Hampshire judge to pause Trump\u2019s birthright citizenship order<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Freedom Caucus influence questioned after passage of President Trump\u2019s budget bill<\/a><\/p>\n

Deep in the Heart of Texas\u00a0
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A green ribbon tied around a tree in Round Rock, Texas, to honor the victims of the deadly flooding in Central Texas. (Courtesy: Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department)<\/p>\n

Texans tie green ribbons around trees to honor victims of Hill County floods<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past week, green ribbons have been seen adorning trees all across the Lone Star State. It is how Texans are showing their support for the victims of the devastating floods in Central Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, San Antonio. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0 Your Weather Planner It is our last…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,9428,27465,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-57013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-morning-briefing","10":"tag-mike-dalonzo","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114834978154323342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}