{"id":451947,"date":"2026-09-30T08:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451947\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:42:11","slug":"northwest-side-residents-brace-for-rain-as-storm-drain-issues-raise-flood-fears-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451947\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Side residents brace for rain as storm drain issues raise flood fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The threat of severe weather has San Antonio staying alert and ready over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are planning ahead if water rises. But neighbors are preparing for another round of rain, in hopes that it doesn&#8217;t flood again.<\/p>\n<p>For neighbors in one Northwest side neighborhood, the threat of a little bit of rain comes with some anxiety. The root of many of their problems comes from a storm drain which they said still haven&#8217;t been fixed after the last storm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How do you feel.. when you know that it&#8217;s going to rain?,&#8221; we asked. &#8220;It&#8217;s uh&#8230; makes us very anxious,&#8221; said homeowner Brad Nevels.<\/p>\n<p>Nevels and his neighbors have dealt with knee-deep flooding on their street for years. A storm drain near their homes hasn&#8217;t done much to drain high water that comes from Leon Creek. Nevels said he&#8217;s doing his best to prepare for Thursday&#8217;s rain.<\/p>\n<p>Though he&#8217;d feel better without the threat of damage, which he says comes with a hefty bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;it&#8217;s very frustrating because you think that the process afterwards of rebuilding is going to be quick, but the insurance, they take a long time getting back in touch with you,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I know that there&#8217;s supposedly a proposed plan that was put into place, but I ain&#8217;t heard about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, both city and CPS officials are asking people to keep gutters and drains clear, and stay up-to-date with mobile alerts.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve also said crews will be out putting up barricades and monitoring road conditions, making sure your lights stay on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The threat of severe weather has San Antonio staying alert and ready over the next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-451947","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\/451947","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=451947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}