Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Sabine River level topped its expected crest of 30.7 feet at Deweyville Friday morning, forcing the National Weather Service to adjust its forecast. It now says the major flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey will peak at 31.4 feet at the river’s intersection with Highway 12 late Saturday or early Sunday. The river level was at 30.76 feet at 9:45 a.m. Friday. Good news comes from upriver, where the reservoir level at Toledo Bend is going down after having remained at a...
The City of Orange was still in “rescue mode” Friday afternoon, but also crews were working hard on sewer and electric issues. Most of the City of Orange’s 18,000 residents were still lacking electricity at midday Friday, two days after Tropical Storm Harvey dumped historic rainfall. A 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew has been put into effect until further notice. The good news is the water is safe to drink. “Obviously, there was a tremendous amount of floodwater in downtown Orange, but it has been confirmed that our water supply...
For The Record Orange County school districts announced Thursday they will delay their return to classes “for the immediate future” because of recent flooding. Tropical Storm Harvey, which made landfall near Corpus Christi as a Category 4 hurricane Friday, Aug. 25, dropped 30 to 40 inches of rain over Southeast Texas Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 29-30, destroying thousands of homes. “All schools in Bridge City ISD are canceled until further notice,” began the statement on the...
The lights and air conditioning have come back on in most of Bridge City and Jerry Jones sees no reason for folks to talk about the big E. As in evacuation. “The city of Bridge City is not calling for an evacuation. Repeating, no evacuation for the City of Bridge City is in effect,” was the message posted on the city’s Facebook page Thursday afternoon. Entergy Texas reported that only about 750 of the 25,000 customer outages reported in Orange County Friday were in Bridge City. “Electricity is back on in most of our homes,...
