Jacob Rascon
@JacobKHOU11
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Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist. Morning anchor @khou11
Houston, TX
Joined January 2011
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Today the outflow of refugees from Ukraine reaches two million people. Two million.
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4PM #Laura Update: Maximum sustained winds have increased to 145 mph. The system remains on course to make landfall near the TX/LA border late this evening. #houwx #txwx
Hurricane #Laura Advisory 28: Wind and Water Levels Increasing as Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Laura Takes Aim At the Northwest Gulf Coast. Catastrophic Storm Surge, Extreme Winds, and Flash Flooding Expected Along the Northwest Gulf Coast Tonight.
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Some positive news for #Houston today and this evening: Weather model consensus continues to coalesce on Laura tracking toward the Texas/Louisiana border, sparing the Houston area from a really, really bad storm. More details in our latest @SpaceCityWX: https://t.co/NcHijctym9
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An ARMY of volunteers in Minneapolis helping neighbors clean up business damage. “Bring a broom” they were told. What a sight.
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County Judge Mark Keough issues immediate Shelter-in-Place for Montgomery County 55+ apartment complex where 12 residents tested positive for COVID-19. #publichealth
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USA Swimming respectfully requests that the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee advocate for the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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#BREAKING: Gov Gavin Newsom just announced a “Stay At Home” order for the whole state of California. That’s almost 40 million people.
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Governor Abbott at town hall: First Coronavirus case in Texas was March 4th. Today, 158 people in Texas have tested positive. “This time next week, there will be thousands of people (in Texas) who have tested positive. In two weeks, probably tens of thousands.”
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We are taking bold action to #FlattenTheCurve and #SlowTheSpread of #COVID19. We must listen to the science, data, and medical experts and act accordingly especially when there is evidence of community spread of the novel coronavirus in our region. @fbcoem @FortBendHealth
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Spring ISD, in support of city and county measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, will close schools and offices through Friday, April 10. We will continue to provide regular updates at https://t.co/YWbGENPwtZ and our Parent Central page when it is ready.
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Update #6: Katy ISD will be postponing the opening of its schools until at least Mon., April 13, per the CDC recommendation to mitigate the spread of the virus. We know you have so many questions, so bookmark this page for updates: https://t.co/6H9GZpLz2V
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Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Charles E. Dupre has announced that Fort Bend ISD will extend the suspension of normal district operations through Friday, April 10th in an effort to support the nation’s need to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic: https://t.co/RthmKgpRbS
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This order will be in effect for starting Tuesday for the next 15 days, or until it is extended.
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Harris County judge announces new order. Beginning Tuesday at 8am, in unincorporated Harris County and all cities in Harris County: 1. Restaurants may only offer food via delivery, pickup or drive through. No dine-in. 2. Bars and clubs must all close. 3. Stay home, if possible.
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BREAKING: Dow tanks more than 2700 points as Trump says U.S. "may be" heading into recession & worst of virus outbreak could last until August https://t.co/N2xqlyJ8SH
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