Heavy rains have been battering central Texas since Monday and Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the State Operations Center to operate 24 hours a day through Friday.
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San Antonio expects its population to grow substantially in the next 20 years.
Its Office of Innovation has a mission to identify community needs and find solutions to do better.
Current projects include the SmartSA program, the R&D League, and Connected Beyond the Classroom.
This article is part of a series focused on American cities building a better tomorrow called Advancing Cities.
Over the next 20 years, about 1.1 million more people are expected to call San Antonio, Texas, home, according to US Census estimates. To adjust to the influx of new residents and make it an equitable place to live, San Antonio is embracing new technologies and infrastructure.
Extreme Weather: Tornadoes, Floods, Storms Hit US
04/25/21 AT 11:38 AM
As severe storms swept the southeast U.S., other parts of the country are gearing up for a week full of thunderstorms, cold fronts, tornados, hail and more.
Southern states received the brunt of the storm Friday and Saturday. Southern Georgia and central Tennessee had tornado warnings from the National Weather Service on Saturday evening. Severe thunderstorms will persist this evening across parts of Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and northern Florida including the Panhandle, the National Weather Service reported Saturday in a one-day outlook. Large hail, damaging wind, and a tornado or two remain possible.