{"id":122227,"date":"2024-11-05T05:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122227"},"modified":"2024-11-05T05:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:57:43","slug":"central-texas-wildfire-prompts-evacuations-after-wind-driven-blaze-explodes-to-400-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122227","title":{"rendered":"Central Texas wildfire prompts evacuations after wind-driven blaze explodes to 400 acres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Texas A &amp; M Forest Service are battling the Hudson Fire in Bastrop County in Central Texas. The fire exploded to 400 acres within 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>BASTROP, Texas <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>A wind-whipped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfire<\/a> exploded in size on Sunday, burning more than 400 acres east of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin<\/a>, Texas, and promoting evacuations.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Hudson Fire in Central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> started Sunday afternoon in Bastrop County along Highway 71. Officials told FOX 7 Austin that it started from a structure fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/288\/162\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/576\/324\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1336\/752\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/668\/376\/hudsoncropped.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Texas A&amp;M Fire Service crews battle the Hudson Fire in Bastrop County, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Texas A&amp;M Forest Service)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the Texas A&amp;M Forest Service, gusty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winds<\/a> over 25 mph pushed the fire across a road and into open fields. By Monday afternoon, the Hudson Fire had burned an estimated 400 acres and was 50% contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management said roads at Alum Creek and Park Road 1C, Cottletown and Park Road IC remain closed. Residents in those areas were evacuated on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Texas A&amp;M Forest Service said the fire had been showing &#8220;low fire behavior.&#8221; The forecast improved on Monday, with higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/humidity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">humidity<\/a>, around 60%, helping reduce fire activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Central Texas will experience unseasonably warm temperatures this week before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-a-cold-front\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cold front<\/a> moves in, bringing the threat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/severe-weather-southwest-midwest-central-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">severe thunderstorms to the central U.S. <\/a>The high temperature on Monday for Austin is projected to be around 84 degrees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Dry vegetation, winds and low humidity have driven extreme fire weather in recent weeks in the Central Plains and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/new-jersey-wildfires-record-high-temperatures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northeast<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a> Drought Monitor, Bastrop County is experiencing severe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drought<\/a> conditions. Neighboring Travis County is listed as extreme drought, the second-worst condition on the U.S. Drought Monitor&#8217;s five-level scale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/central-texas-wildfire-evacuations-wind-driven-blaze-explodes\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas A &amp; M Forest Service are battling the Hudson Fire in Bastrop County in Central Texas. 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