{"id":375510,"date":"2026-07-16T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375510\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:22:08","slug":"flooding-closes-highway-39-in-kerr-county-i-10-shut-down-after-major-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375510\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding closes Highway 39 in Kerr County; I-10 shut down after major crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KERR COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Heavy rain has forced multiple road closures across Kerr County, where officials are urging drivers to stay off the roads as flooding continues to worsen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/watch-live-flash-flood-warnings-in-san-antonio-medina-bandera-and-bexar-counties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LIVE: Flood Watch stays in effect through Thursday evening as storms threaten South Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Transportation has closed Texas Highway 39 from Ingram to U.S. Highway 83 because of water covering the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have also received reports of street flooding throughout Ingram, warning that many city streets and other roads may be impassable.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said all travel across Kerr County should be considered hazardous until floodwaters recede and roads can be safely reopened.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the travel disruptions, Interstate 10 West is closed at mile marker 589, just west of State Highway 41, because of a major crash. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>Officials continue to urge motorists to never drive through flooded roadways. Even a small amount of moving water can sweep a vehicle off the road.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to monitor local forecasts and road conditions as heavy rain continues across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KERR COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Heavy rain has forced multiple road closures across Kerr County, where officials are urging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-375510","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\/375510","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=375510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}