{"id":376467,"date":"2026-07-17T04:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376467\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:48:09","slug":"mandatory-evacuations-ordered-for-residents-in-parts-of-uvalde-as-flood-risks-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376467\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory evacuations ordered for residents in parts of Uvalde as flood risks climb"},"content":{"rendered":"

UVALDE, Texas – A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for residents in the Quemado Valley and Normandy areas as continued heavy rainfall raises concerns about dangerous floodwaters crossing U.S. Highway 277, according to City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County officials.<\/p>\n

As originally reported by the Eagle Pass News Leader, county officials urged residents in the affected areas to leave immediately, warning that delaying evacuation could put both residents and first responders at unnecessary risk.<\/p>\n

Maverick County has opened shelters and set up a temporary staging location at the June Edwards Community Center at 20160 U.S. Highway 277 North. From there, transportation will be provided to the primary emergency shelter at the Cruz Antonio Mu\u00f1oz Gymnasium at 2119 Epting Circle in Eagle Pass.<\/p>\n

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Residents who need non-emergency assistance or more information were asked to contact the Maverick County Emergency Operations Center at 830-421-5151 or 830-421-5122. Officials also asked the public not to call 9-1-1 for non-emergency questions so emergency lines remain available for life-threatening situations.<\/p>\n

Authorities continued to urge motorists not to drive through flooded roadways, noting that conditions can change quickly and floodwaters may be deeper and more dangerous than they appear. Officials said they will continue providing updates as the severe weather situation evolves and encouraged residents to monitor official Maverick County emergency communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UVALDE, Texas – A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for residents in the Quemado Valley and Normandy areas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-376467","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\/376467","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=376467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}