Fatalities confirmed in Central Texas flooding, officials say
More than an entire summer's worth of rain fell in some spots in just a few hours, quickly overwhelmed dry soils and created significant flash flooding.
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Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas and has been with the team since February 2024. His long career has included four stops at newspapers and three stints at television stations.
While he was Executive Producer-Digital at KXXV (Waco), the station captured a prestigious regional digital Edward R. Murrow Award for 'Remembering the Luby's Massacre' & "Honoring Our Vets." He also led digital efforts at KTXS (Abilene) that ranked No. 1 in the AP Digital Contest in 2015, 2017, and 2018.
He has been married to Rene' Russell Myers for more than three decades and has two grown sons: Trey and Tyler. He is a huge Cowboys, Mavericks, Rangers and especially LSU fan. Geaux Tigers! He enjoys working with youth, along with all of his family, in Cleburne.
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