Texas practices for disaster, calls on public to prepare

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Hurricane season is here and the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Emergency Management Division is preparing for the worst.
At the state operation’s center in Austin, 30 state agencies are participating in a training exercise to make sure Texas is ready for a major hurricane strike. The simulated storm, Hurricane Charlie, is headed toward the Texas coast and emergency response teams treat this like the real deal, practicing evacuations and sheltering.
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