Updated at 5:00pm: MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it approaches the northeast Caribbean. The storm’s center is 490 miles (790 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands late Monday afternoon. It has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and is moving west at 13 mph (20…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the coming weeks and months, insurance companies will declare lots of vehicles damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey as total losses. However, those cars could be re-titled and sold to un-suspecting buyers. “The Car Pro Show” host Jerry Reynolds is advising prospective car buyers to take their times, get…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas is providing a surge of food benefits to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in the 58 counties included in the State Disaster Declaration following Hurricane Harvey. SNAP recipients in the affected counties had their September benefits automatically loaded onto their Lone Star cards on September 1. Normally benefits are…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is housing just under 3,000 Hurricane Harvey evacuees. Late Monday morning, the city said that its four shelters had been consolidated to two. More than 240 evacuees staying at Walnut Hill Rec-center were moved to the Mega Shelter at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown. The convention center is…… MORE
(CNN) — US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “begging for war” as she urged the UN Security Council to adopt the strongest sanctions measures possible to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Speaking at a Security Council emergency meeting, Haley said North Korea’s sixth nuclear…… MORE