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Top Stories: More Rain For A Soaked North Texas; Exploring Mavericks’ Hostile Workplace

National Weather Service
A flood watch is in effect for North Texas through Saturday morning.

The top local stories this morning from ĻӰԺ: A new flood watch has been issued for essentially the entire, already-rain soaked Dallas-Fort Worth area.

 

The National Weather Service expects additional waves of showers and thunderstorms Friday and into Saturday. The combination of moderate to heavy rainfall rates and near or completely saturated grounds will result in continued rapid runoff which will lead to flooding.

 

 

The rain's already caused problems across Dallas-Fort Worth.

 

More than a dozen homes in Rockwall were evacuated Thursday because of flooding.

 

Meanwhile, thousands of homes in Parker, Wise, Tarrant, Grayson and Collin counties lost power Thursday.

 

And heavy rainfall caused sanitary sewer overflows at several locations throughout Dallas. Dallas Water Utilities said none of the overflows of diluted wastewater have affected the city’s water supply.

Other stories this morning:

  • A week of bad news for the Dallas Mavericks. The team has one of the worst records in the NBA. Owner Mark Cuban was fined $600,000 for saying: “Losing is our best option.” And Sports Illustrated this week for the women who worked in the team's front office. Jessica Luther co-wrote that piece –

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on ĻӰԺ 90.1 FM. 

Eric Aasen is ĻӰԺ’s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to ĻӰԺ radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.