{"id":214199,"date":"2026-06-18T03:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-dangerous-flooding-in-texas-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:39:22","slug":"daily-briefing-dangerous-flooding-in-texas-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-dangerous-flooding-in-texas-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: Dangerous flooding in Texas &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s breaking this morning:<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here, bringing you the news to know on Wednesday, including updated election results from across the country.<br \/>Dangerous\u00a0flooding continues Wednesday across Texas\u00a0as forecasters track a tropical disturbance that could strengthen into the\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/weather\/2026\/06\/16\/storm-tracker-tropical-storm-arthur\/90569074007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Atlantic season&#8217;s first named storm<\/a>.<br \/>The National Hurricane Center said the system <a href=\"\/story\/news\/weather\/2026\/06\/16\/texas-flood-tropical-storm-louisiana-mississippi-world-cup-live--live\/90569352007\/?tbref=hp\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>has a high chance<\/a> of developing into a tropical system as it moves along the Texas coast Wednesday. Heavy rainfall is expected to continue from Texas into parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, where flood watches are also in effect.The flooding threat comes as the\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/06\/15\/flood-watch-houston-world-cup-weather-rain-forecast\/90555171007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>\u00a0continues across North America, including matches scheduled this week in Houston.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>World Cup<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Lionel Messi led\u00a0Argentina\u00a0to glory with\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/06\/16\/argentina-algeria-messi-world-cup-live-updates-score-results\/90577274007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>a 3-0 win over Algeria<\/a>\u00a0in the opening game of the\u00a0<a href=\/sports\/soccer\/world-cup\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>2026 World Cup<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/soccer\/wc\/scores?date=2026-06-16&#038;season=2026\" target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Tuesday<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/06\/16\/messi-ties-world-cup-scoring-record-argentina\/90584113007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Messi netted a hat trick<\/a>, which helped him <a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/06\/17\/rodrigo-de-paul-messi-historic-goal-argentina-mls\/90584971007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>tie the all-time goal scoring record<\/a> in World Cup history.\u00a0<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Healthy &#038; Wellness<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Kasia Gay, 69, spends her retirement picking up her grandchildren\u00a0from school and doing her son&#8217;s family&#8217;s laundry. Gay is one of millions of\u00a0grandparents\u00a0<a href=\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2026\/06\/16\/grandparents-provide-child-care-aarp-data\/90457137007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>providing free child care for their adult children<\/a>. New data from an AARP survey found that among the 65 million grandparents in the United States, 15% care for their grandkids daily or almost daily.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNOW14RzFyZHFPWU1OQ3RWdUh6V0lnaHJzb0Q3aXdMM0RBY2JKVHE1MGVCekpwOFM5R1VLRkt5WE9WdndPVFpDb0VkWmN5ZDRKY2JKS0VxNGhuSWl4UlJKMUZpVW16aXBjb1hSTXFPOXAwcEMydThBbDBCN3lEWUdFXzdMWFFCdHNqSUZLR1QxbHRyY2ZpM0dQdWN0SQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s breaking this morning:Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Wednesday, including updated election results from across the country.Dangerous\u00a0flooding continues Wednesday across Texas\u00a0as forecasters track a tropical disturbance that could strengthen into the\u00a0Atlantic season&#8217;s first named storm.The National Hurricane Center said the system has a high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-214199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}