{"id":376450,"date":"2026-07-17T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:31:07","slug":"gov-abbott-addresses-residents-after-deadly-flooding-across-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376450\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Abbott addresses residents after deadly flooding across Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK HERE TO WATH THE PRESS CONFERENCE<\/p>\n<p>With severe storms and flash flooding affecting parts of Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott held a severe weather briefing and press conference in Austin on Thursday, July 16, focusing on the state\u2019s ongoing response alongside emergency management and public safety officials.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s events took place at the State Operations Center, 5805 North Lamar Blvd., in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor\u2019s office, media setup was scheduled for 3:30 p.m., followed by a briefing at 4 p.m. and a press conference at 5 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>The briefing was designated as a photo and b-roll opportunity only, and the governor\u2019s office noted that the conversation during the briefing was not for attribution or reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLICK HERE TO WATH THE PRESS CONFERENCE With severe storms and flash flooding affecting parts of Texas, Gov.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-376450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376450","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=376450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}