The explosion was reported at about 4:45 p.m. at a natural gas plant on West Winfree Street, according to authorities.
MONT BELVIEU, Texas — An explosion was reported Wednesday at a Mont Belvieu natural gas plant.
Authorities said the explosion happened about 4:45 p.m. at the Lone Star NGL (natural gas liquids) facility on West Winfree Street, which is about 30 miles east of Houston.
Lone Star NGL officials said a contractor struck an underground pipeline. There were no reports of injuries or evacuations. Officials said the area is secure and the fire will likely burn itself out overnight.
Highway 146 was closed from FM 1942 to FM 565 while crews responded to the scene.
The Mont Belvieu Fire Department was working with other first responders to control the fire that broke out after the blast. Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said the fire was contained at about 7 p.m.
Here’s a statement from Lone Star NGL:
“At approximately 4:45 pm CT a contractor at the Mont Belvieu facility struck an underground pipeline. There are no injuries, and all employees and contractors are safe. There have been no evacuations and the area is secure. Our emergency response plan has been activated, and responders from the local fire department and our fire team are on site for a joint response. At this time, fire crews on site are containing the fire, which is the standard response in this type of incident. There will be an investigation into the cause of this incident. Updates will be provided as information becomes available.”
Witness accounts
Witnesses said the explosion was startling and they knew what they heard and felt wasn’t from the thunderstorms in the area.
“The ground shook. That’s why we knew it wasn’t thunder,” one witness said.
“Everyone here is fine. … Yes, it shook the house. Sounded like thunder but the storms had already passed. Walked outside and saw the smoke,” another witness said.
On Friday, July 31, 2020, light rail service will be modified along METRORail’s Green and Purple lines to allow Centerpoint Energy crews to complete high-voltage electrical repairs.
Transit service modifications will begin at the start of service until approximately 6:30 p.m. at the following locations:
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The Houston-based doctor behind a viral video on the controversial hydroxychloroquine drug — which was then shared by President Donald Trump — was sued in January for medical malpractice in which a woman died after being in her care, according to Louisiana court records.
The lawsuit takes aim at Stella Grace Immanuel, a licensed medical practitioner and preacher whose contentious promotion of the anti-viral drug for COVID-19 treatment has received national notoriety. She holds licenses in Texas and Louisiana, where she and another doctor treated a woman in 2019 after she complained of a broken needle in her arm. The woman, identified in the suit as Leslie Norvell, explained to them at the Sabine Medical Center in Many that she had been doing an illegal drug and that a piece of the needle broke off in her arm.
Immanuel and the second doctor prescribed her an unspecified medication but did not order a closer look at her arm through an X-ray or other medical tests, the suit states. Norvell went home and, because of the pain, sought help hours later from a hospital in Shreveport, where a surgeon removed the needle. Six days later, Norvell died.
The suit alleges that Immanuel ignored Norvell’s complaints about a “bacterially infected needle” and failed to treat her. A lawyer representing Norvell’s family did not return a request for comment.
Immanuel could also not be reached for comment in response to her video, which Trump and one of his sons touted on social media this week. A woman who answered the phone at the Rehoboth Medical Center, where Immanuel works in Houston, said she was out of town and she did not know when she would return.
Immanuel was licensed in Louisiana in 1998 after completing residency at a Bronx, New York, hospital. She graduated in 1990 from the University of Calabar in Nigeria.
She has no documented complaints in Louisiana or Texas, where state records show she obtained a license in November 2019 — about 11 months after Norvell’s death.
Immanuel was licensed in Texas for pediatrics and emergency medicine. The civil suit in Louisiana has not been resolved. An attempt by the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department to serve Immanuel with notice of the lawsuit in April failed because she no longer worked at the Sabine Medical Center. By then, she was associated with the Rehoboth Medical Center.
Licenses in both states are associated with the Rehoboth Medical Center, a small facility in a strip mall along Highway 6 near Mission Bend. In the pro-hydroxycholorquine drug video, Immanuel is wearing a lab coat for the facility.
“I’m kind of used to these medications,” Immanuel said in the video posted to social media. “When they started saying it was dangerous, I was like what? Because we give it to babies, pregnant women, elderly people. Everybody takes it. Hydroxycholoriqune works.”
Immanuel said she has treated over 350 patients with the drug, which has not been proven as an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus, and not one person has died. COVID-19 does not yet have a cure or vaccine.
“If they put everybody on hydroxychloroquine right now, for those with early disease and those that want to get prevention,” said Immanuel. “I’m telling you, it would stop covid in its tracks in 30 days.”
In another video, Immanuel, who runs and preaches for Fire Power Ministry, said in another video that religion plays a role in her medical practice.
“I am also a praying doctor and I pray for my patients,” she said, while wearing a PPE suit and mask.
Immanuel has repeatedly shared the video throughout social media, even after it was deleted. In a since-deleted Twitter post, she said, “Big Tech is censoring Experts and supressing the CURE. I will not be silenced.”
“Hello Facebook put back my profile page and videos up or your computers with start crashing till you do. You are not bigger that God,” Immanuel also posted Monday after the video’s removal. “I promise you. If my page is not back up face book will be down in Jesus name.”
On Tuesday, she thanked CNN and MSNBC for their news reports on her ministry, which she called commercials.
“Woah CNN, MSNBC etc are doing free commercials on our deliverance ministry. Fire Power is main stream,” Immanuel tweeted on Tuesday. “Thank you CNN and let me know when y’all need some of them demons cast out of you. I will gladly oblige. You will feel a lot better. Keep up the good work.”
MIAMI, Florida (July 29, 2020). Global Latin music idol MALUMA has just released his hot new single “HAWÁI” along with its music video.
The melodious banger written by Maluma, Keityn, Edgar Barrera and Bull Nene, was produced by Rude Boyz. It tells the classic tale of a relationship breakup set in the modern Instagram age, where the story one tells and the pictures one posts can be deceiving.
The music video for “HAWÁI” is a drama-filled mini-movie, shot in Miami by renown director Jessy Terrero of Cinema Giants, with a storyline written by Maluma himself that takes him through a rollercoaster of situations and emotions in the dramatic aftermath of the end of a relationship. Of course, as in any work of fiction, any similarity to actual persons, places or events, is purely coincidental.
Stream or download “HAWÁI” by clicking HERE and watch the video HERE.
“HAWÁI” is part of Maluma’s upcoming album Papi Juancho dropping later this year.
About MALUMA: At only twenty-six years of age, Maluma is widely considered one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.
The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (forF.A.M.E.)is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 23 million Facebook fans, 6 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 52 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to reach 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has garnered over 9 billion views and has more than 23 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.
With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out the Madison Square Garden arena (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel’s largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000.
In 2018, Maluma entered the fashion scene with his edgy, youthful and authentic look, and style. He has been named a “Menswear Icon in the Making” and “Men’s Fashion Newest Muse” by Vogue. In addition, he was named GQ’s “Man of the Year” in 2019 and continues to gain the fashion support of designers such as Kim Jones (Dior), Jeremy Scott (Moschino), Donatella Versace, Calvin Klein, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton and many more. In 2019, he attended the Met Gala for the first time being one of the first Latin urban artists of this generation to be invited by Anna Wintour. Maluma has also released top campaigns and commercials as the face of these global brand with Moet Hennessy, Michelob and Adidas.
Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released three albums, all of which have debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Latin Albums chart: Pretty Boy Dirty Boy(2015),F.A.M.E. (2018) and 11:11 (2019). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart (with “Sin Contrato” and “Chantaje”) and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat. To date Maluma has had sixteen #1 singles on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart. To connect with Maluma, visit: https://www.instagram.com/maluma/ https://www.facebook.com/MALUMAMUSIK https://twitter.com/maluma https://www.youtube.com/user/MalumaVEVO Snapchat: malumaworld http://www.malumamusik.com
MIAMI, Florida (29 de julio de 2020). El ídolo global de la música latina, MALUMA, estrena hoy su nuevo sencillo “HAWÁI”, junto con su videoclip. La contagiosa canción bailable con sonidos frescos y un tema con el cual muchos de sus seguidores podrán identificarse, fue escrita por Maluma, Keityn, Edgar Barrera y Bull Nene y producida por Rude Boyz. Cuenta la historia clásica de la ruptura de una relación en el contexto de la era moderna de las redes sociales y el Instagram, donde la historia que uno cuenta y las imágenes que uno publica no necesariamente reflejan la realidad.
El video musical es una mini película llena de drama, filmada en Miami por el reconocido director Jessy Terrero de Cinema Giants. La trama, ideada por el propio Maluma, lo lleva por una montaña rusa de situaciones y emociones tras las dramáticas secuelas del fin de un noviazgo. Por supuesto, como en toda obra de ficción, cualquier similitud con personas, lugares o eventos reales es pura coincidencia.
Para escuchar y/o descargar “HAWÁI” haga clic AQUÍ y vea el videoclip AQUÍ. “HAWÁI” se desprende del próximo álbum de Maluma titulado Papi Juancho que será lanzado por el artista éste año.
Acerca de MALUMA: Con tan sólo veintiséis años de edad, Juan Luis Londoño Arias, mejor conocido por su nombre artístico Maluma (compuesto por las primeras letras de los nombres de su madre, su padre y su hermana) se ha convertido en uno de los artistas de mayor impacto en la música urbana y el ídolo juvenil de la música latina a nivel global. Ganador del Latin Grammy 2018 al Album Pop Vocal Contemporáneo (por F.A.M.E.) Maluma es uno de los cantantes más populares con fans activos en las redes sociales y el líder entre cantantes masculinos latinos con más de 52 millones de seguidores en Instagram. De hecho él es el primer y único artista latino masculino que ha sobrepasado 50 millones de seguidores. Esta cifra se le suma a más de 23 millones de fans en Facebook, 6 millones en Twitter y 23 millones de suscriptores en su canal de YouTube.En el 2017 presentó 105 conciertos en América Latina, Estados Unidos, Europa e Israel, vendiendo más de 1 millón de tickets en su MALUMA WORLD TOUR 2017 y convirtiéndose en el artista latino que vendió la mayor cantidad de tickets de conciertos en el 2017. En el 2018 y el 2019 rompió records con llenos totales en todos sus conciertos en Estados Unidos y Europa con su F.A.M.E. World Tour y 11:11 World Tour llenando a capacidad el Madison Square Garden (Nueva York), American Airlines Arena (Miami) y dos The Forums (Los Angeles) entre otros. En el 2019, agotó las entradas en el estadio más grande de Israel, el Yarkon Park en Tel Aviv con más de 60.000 espectadores; hizo historia en el 18º Festival Anual Mawazine en Rabat, Marruecos, estableciendo un récord de asistencia de todos los tiempos como protagonista del concierto frente a 200.000 personas; y se presentó por primera vez en Riyadh, Arabia Saudita ante 25.000 personas.
Desde firmar con Sony Music Latin en el 2015, Maluma ha lanzado tres álbumes que han debutado en el #1 del listado Latin Albums de Billboard: Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E.(2018)y 11:11 (2019). Maluma es el artista más joven en obtener simultáneamente #1 y #2 en el listado “Latin Airplay” de Billboard (“Sin Contrato” y “Chantaje”) y solamente el sexto en logarlo. Hasta la fecha, Maluma tiene dieciséis éxitos #1 en el listado Latin Airplay de Billboard.
The Dodgers make their much awaited return to Minute Maid Park for the first time since the Astros took game 5 of the 2017 World Series after an epic back and forth battle that ultimately led to the franchises first ever World Series Championship.
Tune in tonight and tomorrow to see the two powerhouses come face to face in this two-game series.
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has waived certain regulations related to commercial trucking in the state of Texas. These suspensions will allow commercial drivers to more quickly deliver supplies, specifically electric power poles, to communities in the Rio Grande Valley and the Coastal Bend that were directly impacted by Hurricane Hanna. “The State of Texas is working to ensure that recovery efforts in the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend are not slowed down by red tape,” said Governor Abbott. “This waiver will expedite the delivery of much-needed resources to these communities and will help Texans rebuild.” This suspension of laws and regulations has been coordinated through the Texas Department of Public Safety.
La tormenta tropical Hanna continúa avanzando con proyección al sur de Corpus Christi, Texas donde se espera toque tierra durante la tarde del sábado.
El impacto que creará en el Condado Harris incluirá 1’3 pulgadas de lluvia generalizada. Aquellas zonas aisladas podrían experimentar más acumulados de lluvia creando aumentos temporales en cuerpos de agua como arroyos y pantanos. Así mismo podría suceder en algunas calles. Se espera que gran parte de la lluvia ocurra durante la noche cuando la visibilidad es limitada, especialmente en las carreteras y vías de tránsito.
Se ha cancelado un aviso de tormenta tropical para el condado costero de Harris. Los residentes en dicha zona podrían ver mareas y ráfagas de viento más altas de lo normal.
Qué necesita hacer:
Lo mejor es permanecer en casa, si es posible. De lo contrario, se les aconseja a los residentes consultar las condiciones de las vías de tránsito en www.houstontransport.org antes de salir bajo condiciones lluviosas.
Si tiene que viajar, nunca maneje en aguas de inundación y tome precaución al conducir en pasos subterráneos y áreas bajas donde se acumula agua.
¡Aguas, no se ahogue! NO CONDUZCA en calles o caminos con niveles altos de agua y NO CONDUZCA ALREDEDOR DE BARRICADAS.
Solo dos pies de agua pueden arrastrar su vehículo.
MANTÉNGASE INFORMADO
Antes de conducir en las autopistas, verifique las condiciones de tránsito en Houston TranStar: www.houstontranstar.org.
Cheque los acumulados de lluvia y niveles de los cuerpos de agua como arroyos en el sitio web del Sistema de Advertencia de Inundaciones del Condado de Harris: www.harriscountyfws.org.
Obtenga actualizaciones de fuentes confiables como: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología Houston-Galveston, Distrito de Control de Inundaciones del Condado de Harris y ReadyHarris.
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