SAN ANTONIO \u2014 City crews and emergency responders continued cleanup efforts after a tornado and severe storms swept through caused significant damage across the city\u2019s Northwest Side on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
City officials said no injuries were reported despite significant damage in areas near the University of Texas at San Antonio, The Rim, Camp Bullis, Crown Ridge and The Dominion.<\/p>\n
The storm left a trail of downed trees, damaged roofs, broken storefronts, toppled signs and debris scattered across the area. The most severe structural damage was reported at the Oasis Apartments near UTSA, where a large section of the roof was torn away, damaging three fourth-floor units.<\/p>\n
The tornado on the Northwest Side of San Antonio near UTSA & The Rim has been rated an EF-1 with peak winds of 100mph. The tornado was on the ground for 8 minutes traveling 4 miles.<\/p>\n
The American Red Cross is assisting residents displaced by the storm. Those in need of emergency assistance can contact the organization at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767).<\/p>\n
City officials are asking residents to document storm damage by completing the Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool (iSTAT), an online self-assessment survey used to help officials evaluate the overall impact of the disaster.<\/p>\n
The city will also provide special storm debris collection for residents in the hardest-hit neighborhoods. Officials are asking homeowners to place storm debris at the curb, away from parked vehicles and other obstructions, to allow crews to safely collect it.<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday afternoon, city crews had removed 57 fallen trees from storm-damaged areas, including 34 removed on Wednesday. Officials also reported that 20 low-water crossings had been barricaded as of 4 p.m. and said crews would continue monitoring roadways overnight.<\/p>\n
Although the tornado threat has ended, San Antonio remains under a Flash Flood Watch through Thursday evening as additional rounds of storms are expected to move through the region.<\/p>\n
Officials are urging residents to avoid flooded roadways, damaged areas and downed power lines.<\/p>\n
Residents needing assistance with storm debris, fallen trees or property damage assessments can call 3-1-1.<\/p>\n
Anyone who encounters a downed power line should stay away and report it to CPS Energy at 210-353-HELP (4357). Residents who smell natural gas should immediately move to a safe location, call 911, and then notify CPS Energy.<\/p>\n
City officials encouraged residents to continue monitoring weather alerts and safety information as recovery efforts continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 City crews and emergency responders continued cleanup efforts after a tornado and severe storms swept…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-375052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375052","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=375052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}