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Clouds will increase today along with the wind. Afternoon highs in the 60s expected. Warmer weather Friday, then a chance of ...

Chances of rain and cooler temperatures return for the upcoming weekend. We're back into the upper 70s through the middle of next week.

The giant surveillance balloon broke free after ‘a severe wind event’ uplifted it from South Padre Island, Texas, all the way ...

A tethered aerostat system, which is a form of radar surveillance blimp used by Customs and Border Protection, was caught in ...

Strong winds from a recent storm in the south sent a US Customs and Border Protection surveillance blimp flying nearly 600 ...

Residents can expect highs near the 80s and lows around the 40s with possible thunderstorms and showers at the end of this ...

Wind blasts dislodged the aircraft from its moorings in South Padre. The blimp drifted all the way to the Dallas area, where ...

The wind caused the blimp to break free from its tether in South Padre Island. CBP officials lost contact with the blimp ...

Argos,” a surveillance blimp operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection went out of control, snapped its tether line and ...

The KSN Storm Track 3 team is tracking the wind speeds. "There is high interest since the data sets are some of the most ...

Strong winds swept through Texas over the last few days, causing damage and, in one case, sending a blimp hundreds of miles across the state.