{"id":337828,"date":"2026-06-16T01:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337828\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:57:18","slug":"gov-abbott-issues-disaster-declaration-for-bexar-county-as-severe-storms-sweep-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337828\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration for Bexar County as severe storms sweep Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road flooding near Highway 90 and Wolff Stadium on Monday, June 15, 2026. (Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for Bexar County and dozens of other Texas counties on Monday as severe storms continue to threaten the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cTexas is prepared to respond to the severe weather threats that continue to move across our state,\u201d Abbott said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/weather\/2026\/06\/15\/monday-morning-flash-flood-warning-for-san-antonio-metro-area-through-the-morning-commute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/weather\/2026\/06\/15\/monday-morning-flash-flood-warning-for-san-antonio-metro-area-through-the-morning-commute\/\">&gt;&gt; Click here for the latest forecast<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Abbott has activated 24-hour operations at the state emergency operations center and is urging Texans to stay off flooded roads and follow guidance from local officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The declaration includes 101 counties that span South Texas, the Hill Country, the Gulf Coast and Central Texas regions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More counties may be added to the declaration \u201cas conditions warrant,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Related coverage on KSAT:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Road flooding near Highway 90 and Wolff Stadium on Monday, June 15, 2026. (Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[698,392,27,29,28,172],"class_list":["post-337828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-bexar-county","tag-greg-abbott","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}