SAN ANTONIO – Heavy rains and high winds destroyed street signage, toppled trees and caused an overflow in San Pedro Creek north of downtown this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of our unhoused neighbors drowned as a result of this severe weather,\u201d Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said.<\/p>\n
In a press conference, Mayor Jones and officials said the Friday evening storm swept a homeless woman and another woman down San Pedro Creek north of downtown. The other woman escaped the water. It was not until a day later that the victim\u2019s body was found Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts are with her family,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n
San Antonio shelter officials said that before the storm, they had outreach workers warning homeless men and women about the heat and rough weather.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of their conversation does also include, \u2018We could have storms that pop up and rapid rainfall and potential flash flooding,\u2019\u201d Terri Behling said.<\/p>\n
She said they also connect them with shelters that have openings.<\/p>\n
But the homeless woman was not the only body found.<\/p>\n
The body of a man turned up in Woodlawn Park Sunday morning. Investigators are trying to figure out if the storm is responsible for killing him.<\/p>\n
Still, 11,000 people are without power in their homes, learning about the news almost two days after the storm, all while the Texas heat bears down on San Antonio.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the most part, the building is a little warmer than normal,\u201d Salvation Army Major Jeremiah Romack said.<\/p>\n
The Salvation Army on Elmira Street, sheltering around 100 people, had parts of its roof ripped off. Its staff was able to share some good news: They got more backup generators to cool more of the building down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know that we\u2019re just trying to do the best we can to serve them,\u201d Romack said.<\/p>\n
Tonight CPS Energy is getting some help. An electric cooperative company is sending 50 line workers to help get power back into homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – Heavy rains and high winds destroyed street signage, toppled trees and caused an overflow in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-421553","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\/421553","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=421553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}