{"id":140902,"date":"2025-03-07T03:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140902"},"modified":"2025-03-07T03:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:15:56","slug":"border-patrol-blimp-breaks-free-in-texas-during-high-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140902","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol blimp breaks free in Texas during high wind"},"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=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-pdmpqwcabggznb6c\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38213353465\/320\/179\/7o0isl6i54ed9o1z.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38213353465\/640\/358\/7o0isl6i54ed9o1z.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38213353465\/768\/432\/7o0isl6i54ed9o1z.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38213353465\/1536\/864\/7o0isl6i54ed9o1z.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source 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hundreds of miles after high winds blasted the area on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aircraft used to monitor the border in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> snapped loose and traveled hundreds of miles north after high winds blasted the area Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The federal agency said that a Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) operated by CBP Air and Marine Operations broke free from its tether in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/south-padre-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Padre Island<\/a>, in an area where wind gusts of nearly 60 mph were reported.<\/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\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.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\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.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\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.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\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-03-06-at-1.31.39-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"FILE: A TARS tethered to the ground.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">FILE: A TARS tethered to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (U.S. Customs and Border Protection \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A helium-filled balloon measuring about 200 feet long and more than 60 feet wide, the TARS was located Wednesday on a ranch east of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/dallas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas<\/a>. This means the blimp was blown about 400 miles away from where it was originally tethered on the southern tip of Texas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Footage of the crashed aircraft showed a crew tending to it as its white fabric exterior appeared torn and flopped over bare tree branches and power lines.<\/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\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?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\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?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\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?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\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/border-patrol-blimp-broke-free-in-texas-during-high-wind.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The TARS, crashed on a ranch in Quinlan, Texas.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The TARS, crashed on a ranch in Quinlan, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (KDFW \/ FOX 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\"><strong><u>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">TARS are used on the southern border of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a> to track suspicious air traffic, according to CBP. The TARS site in South Padre Island is one of eight the CBP AMO operates along the southern border.<\/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\/weather-news\/customs-border-patrol-cbp-tars-balloon-texas-wind\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Customs and Border Protection aircraft used to monitor the southern border in Texas snapped loose and traveled hundreds of miles after high winds blasted the area on Tuesday. 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