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07/08/2024

Starting August 19, Sam's Club Plus members will have to spend $50 or more to qualify for free shipping on orders from the website or app.

The wholesale giant announced the changes to its Plus membership in June.

07/08/2024

Officials say the fire was started by greasy rags in a box they found.

Officials say the fire was started by greasy rags in a box inside the kitchen.

07/08/2024

A Vietnamese American woman reigning over Bachelor Nation marks a significant moment for the reality TV dating behemoth. Historically, fewer roses on “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” have gone to contestants of color.

A Vietnamese American woman reigning over Bachelor Nation marks a significant moment for the reality TV dating behemoth.

07/08/2024

Houston firefighters responded to the scene and rescued the driver by deploying a ladder toward the flooded truck.

The man was forced to sit on top of the cab of the truck as he waited for first responders.

07/08/2024

Here's what we can and can't VERIFY about this photo:

Former President Trump’s plane was recently parked next to a Russian plane at a D.C.-area airport. But we can’t VERIFY if the passengers interacted with each other.

07/08/2024

Check your flights!🛫

Most flights to and from Houston and Dallas have been canceled

07/08/2024

See what parts of the Houston area saw as Hurricane Beryl moved in.

Our reporters were spread out around the city capturing video of what the storm looked like where they were.

07/08/2024

DEVELOPING: CCPD is investigating a bomb threat reported to a security guard in its building.

Officers search the vehicle after the woman walked into the department saying she thought someone put a bomb in her car.

07/08/2024

It's been a busy few days for Patrick, who issued disaster declarations for more than 120 Texas counties.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has been acting governor of Texas, issuing emergency declarations as Hurricane Beryl approaches the coast. But where's Gov. Greg Abbott?

07/08/2024

All of the hurricane-related warnings have been dropped for the Coastal Bend. Surge is no longer a threat for areas south of Aransas Bay. Port Aransas, to Port O'Connor, may see 1-2 ft of inundation. Beryl is now a Tropical Storm with 70 mph winds as it moves through the Houston area. Flooding and tornadoes remain a concern for East Texas as the storm moves toward Lufkin this evening.
https://www.kiiitv.com/hurricane

07/08/2024

Heat is the weather headline once again.
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/weather/corpus-christi-south-texas-weather-forecast/503-b11f8b3b-9e41-47f7-8b47-bb47572338c1

07/08/2024

BREAKING: Hurricane Beryl is being held responsible for at least one Houston-area death Monday.

According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the man was with his family when the tree fell onto a home.

07/08/2024

The order that evacuated visitors from Port Aransas and Mustang Island expired at 8 a.m.

The Texas Department of Transportation has received permission from the Coast Guard to start running again.

07/08/2024

Good News: New tropical development is not expected over the next seven days.

Read the latest on Beryl here: https://www.kiiitv.com/article/weather/hurricane/hurricane-beryl-makes-landfall-near-matagorda/503-4ff61cb8-4188-415c-a7b7-6850fb1f8243

07/08/2024

If you're headed to Austin stay alert as to why officials are urging you to keep pets out of the lake.

People who enter the water do so at their own risk, but there are tips to keep pets safe.

07/08/2024

Visibility isn't great as multiskilled journalist Bill Churchwell and First Edition photographer/assignments planner Jeremy Landers make their way from Port Lavaca to Palacios.

Our team is driving up the coast to see the damage caused by Hurricane Beryl.

07/08/2024

Bill Churchwell was reporting live on First Edition from Port Lavaca, which is about 100 miles south of where Hurricane Beryl made landfall, where they're getting sheets of rain and seeing wind damage. He'll have more from there during the 6 a.m. hour.

While most of the the storm missed Nueces and Aransas counties, a short drive farther north tells a different story.

07/08/2024

*Cries* in "You Can't See Me."

The wrestler-turned-actor told World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Toronto that the 2025 season would be his last.

07/08/2024

UPDATE: Beryl made landfall in Matagorda as a Category 1 Hurricane with 80 mph winds.

Corpus Christi missed the brunt of Beryl with landfall roughly 150 miles away.

07/08/2024

The incident happened Sunday night.

An elderly woman tripped while moving a shotgun and a round was fired at the Bishop Courts Apartments on Sunday.

07/08/2024

3 AM: Max sustained wind is 80 mph as Beryl is moving onto the Texas Coast near Matagorda. Seadrift is just about 23 miles from the western eyewall. Radar indicates the wind is near tropical storm force of 39 mph at Seadrift while Port O'Conor is seeing hurricane force gusts at 76 mph.

07/08/2024

"I've got great memories of my family on our boat. But in the blink of an eye as we saw last night, it can turn to tragedy," Moore said.

Witness say as many as 10 people were thrown into the lake from the back of a moving boat.

07/08/2024

Palacios has seen a 71 mph wind gust as the northwest eyewall is approaching. Landfall looks to be near Matagorda Beach soon. The Port O'Connor Mesonet station is reporting 74 mph, but the METAR site is not quite that strong.

07/08/2024

2:27 AM: The outer eyewall of Hurricane Beryl has passed Matagorda Beach. Official landfall is when the Center is over land. Beryl is moving NNW at 10 mph.

07/08/2024

"All that rain came down and that thing said 'boom' and fell right on my neck and it hit them (family) in the head and it hit my neck and my back," Kilpatrick said.

Martha Kilpatrick said she thought her roof was compromised during the derecho storm in May, so when rain fell Sunday, it fell on her head.

07/08/2024

1 AM UPDATE: Beryl is approaching the area between Matagorda and Freeport as a Category 1 Hurricane with 80 mph winds. There is still a chance Beryl will strengthen a bit before landfall. Cat 1 strength wind is still possible through the southwestern side of Houston.

07/08/2024

Watch a live look radar loop of Beryl as it makes landfall.

07/08/2024

Since Beryl has changed track, several area medical centers are set to reopen Monday.

Some area medical centers are set to reopen on Monday, as Beryl has shifted away from the Coastal Bend.

07/08/2024

Corpus Christi and Nueces County leaders said preparations may have seemed a little much, but that they'd rather be overprepared for an oncoming storm than not prepared enough.

While officials said it is a relief to see Corpus Christi will not get the worst of the storm, they are ready to respond to what could come to the area.

07/08/2024

People say they are not really concerned with Beryl and that they're just here to have a good time.

A look into what happened on Padre Island on Sunday, ahead of the storm.