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South winds to develop briefly for Friday afternoon. Then, a weak and mostly dry cold front will turn winds back to the north on Saturday. Friday and Saturday mornings will be cool. Lows will be in the low 40s for north and central Texas with south Texas dropping into the 50s. Afternoon highs will climb to the low and middle 70s.
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1. Residents of rural community in southern Texas ordered to evacuate as firefighters battle blaze
Thick smoke blanketed a rural community in southern Texas and many residents were ordered to evacuate as firefighters worked to contain a blaze Wednesday evening, officials said.
The Mill Fire in Gregory, Texas, about 150 miles southeast of San Antonio, is estimated to be about 14 acres and officials had contained about 90% of it, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service…