EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) \u2014 Severe weather prompted emergency response efforts across El Paso on Saturday evening, including the evacuation of 16 homes following flooding and a water rescue involving a vehicle, according to the City of El Paso Office of Emergency Management.<\/p>\n
The OEM activated the Emergency Operations Center at Level 3, Increased Readiness, in response to the severe weather. <\/p>\n
The conditions also forced the early conclusion of the city’s D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews responded to a water rescue involving a vehicle on South Desert Boulevard. <\/p>\n
Officials said the water has since subsided, the vehicle was moved to a safe area, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
Crews also responded to flooding near Dawnlight after a reservoir overflowed, prompting the evacuation of 16 homes. <\/p>\n
The American Red Cross and Sun Metro were called in to assist affected families. <\/p>\n
According to city officials, all evacuated residents have a place to stay at this time.<\/p>\n
El Paso Water deployed water vacuum trucks to help address flooding in the affected area. The OEM also remains prepared to coordinate additional shelter assistance if needed.<\/p>\n
As a precaution, water rescue teams remain staged throughout the city, while partner agencies are on standby to respond if weather conditions deteriorate.<\/p>\n
Although the threat from severe weather has decreased, officials warned that additional storms remain possible.<\/p>\n
The city is urging residents to exercise caution on slick or flooded roads and to never attempt to drive through standing or moving water.<\/p>\n
The City of El Paso and the OEM said they will continue monitoring weather conditions and coordinating emergency responses as needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) \u2014 Severe weather prompted emergency response efforts across El Paso on Saturday evening, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-475956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475956","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=475956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}