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SPI NEWS is building local video coverage for South Padre Island, Port Isabel, and Laguna Vista.

Right now we’re focused on:

  • Original local video reports
  • Conversations on SPI NEWS
  • Hurricane season readiness
  • Stories residents and visitors should know about


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Note to Mobile Users: Click “Text Version” in blue in the top of the form below – Official National Hurricane Center outlook for the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of America. You can then move the report around to read. This section updates from the NHC feed.

Source: National Hurricane Center Miami. Open the official NHC text product

On phones, use the text link above for the full mobile-friendly NHC view.

Original reporting, interviews, special projects, and the stories shaping South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, and the Texas Gulf Coast.



We’re helping residents and visitors with reliable information for emergency planning, storm preparedness, and community safety. Props to the NOAA and National Weather Services for the great online content, some of what we link to here, as well as our great State of Texas for their evacuation and other emergency information we feature below.