{"id":352442,"date":"2026-06-27T07:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352442\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T07:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:05:18","slug":"texas-weather-rainy-wet-june-creates-ideal-conditions-for-pests-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352442\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas weather: Rainy, wet June creates ideal conditions for pests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This has been the wettest June in the Austin area since 2015, with 6.5 inches of rain<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Standing water is creating the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Williamson County mosquito trap tested positive for West Nile virus this week<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TEXAS &#8211; It has been one of the wettest months Central Texas has seen in years, and all that rain is creating ideal conditions for pests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Doctors are warning residents to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This has been the wettest June in the Austin area since 2015. This month totaled 6.5 inches of rain. Normally, we see a little more than 3 inches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All that rain is leaving behind more than just green lawns. Standing water across Central Texas is creating the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This week, the Williamson County and Cities Health District announced the first mosquitoes of the season to test positive for West Nile Virus found in a trap near Geneva Park in Georgetown. No human cases have been reported so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is going to be a particularly rough year, I think, for mosquitoes and ticks and frankly, other insects in Central Texas,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.normanmd.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:NormanMD;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NormanMD&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NormanMD<\/a> Medical Director Dr. Jake Childers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What you can do<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dr. Childers said the risk to most people remains low, but awareness is important.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Specifically with regard to mosquitoes, the things that we would see routinely or more routinely would be West Nile virus. It&#8217;s not common, but it does happen in Central, Texas,&#8221; Dr. Childers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mosquitoes aren\u2019t the only concern. The same humid conditions helping mosquitoes thrive can also extend the lifespan of ticks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;From a tick standpoint, we see Rocky Mountain spotted fever from time to time. There&#8217;s not a lot of Lyme disease in Texas. It&#8217;s something between 50 and 100 cases per year and a lot of those are people who&#8217;ve come into Texas after having acquired Lyme Disease somewhere else, usually the Northeast,&#8221; Dr. Childers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If someone does become infected by either, Dr. Childers said, some of the symptoms include: &#8220;fever and body aches are very common, headache is very common, so are kinds of fatigue and malaise and chills, also.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Health officials encourage residents to follow what is known as the three D\u2019s of prevention:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Defend yourself with EPA-approved insect repellent<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dress to protect exposed skin<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you do develop symptoms, it is important to contact your doctor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information from interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin&#8217;s Meredith Aldis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief This has been the wettest June in the Austin area since 2015, with 6.5 inches of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2143,125542,107111,119476,27,29,28,10797,2538,125543],"class_list":["post-352442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-central-texas","tag-jake-childers","tag-mosquitoes","tag-standing-water","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-west-nile-virus","tag-williamson-county","tag-williamson-county-and-cities-health-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352442","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=352442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}