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DAILY NZ P A G E 1A C O L O R CMYK P U B D A T E 07-03-02 O P E R A T O R CCI D A T E 07/03/02 T I M E 00:32
DAILY NZ P A G E 1A C O L O R CMYK P U B D A T E 07-03-02 O P E R A T O R CCI D A T E 07/03/02 T I M E 00:32
From theSan AntonioExpress-Newsand KENS 5. Get personalizednews and information.
Todays WeatherChance of stormsHigh 90, Low 75
Full weather report, Page 10C INDEXBusiness 1E Deaths 4B Movies 3G Sports 1C
Classifieds 1D Editorials 6B Puzzles 10G Stocks 4E
Comics 8G Metro/State 1B S.A. Life 1G TV listings 5G
137th year, No. 272,164 pages. Entirecontents copyright2002, San AntonioExpress-News.This newspaper isrecyclable.
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S E R V I N G S O U T H T E X A S S I N C E 1 8 6 5
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2002
ROBERT MCLEROY/STAFF
Road crews use heavy equipment at U.S. 281 at Basse Road near Quarry Market. The area was full of water Tuesday following heavy rains Monday night.
Germany crash: A Russianpilot ferrying children to a
beach vacation had less
than a minute to avoid an
oncoming cargo jet/3A
Health alert: Hispanic kids
have a disproportionate
share of health problems
that arent being treated, a
new report warns/4A
METRO No fear: Americans are
urged to celebrate Fourth
of July with gusto/1B
INSIDE TODAY S PAPER
TREVOR COLLENS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
SOARINGINTO HISTORY:Pilot SteveFossetts BudLight Spirit ofFreedom balloon
floats at 21,500feet. Fossettmade aviationhistory Tuesday,becoming thefirst person to flya balloon soloaround theworld. See storyon Page 14A.
SPECIAL REPORT: SIX PAGES OF COVERAGE INSIDE
A flood of despairWater rises along with fears of another 1998
The forecastRain chances will
dwindle over the next
three days: Today, 60 percent Thursday, 30 percent Friday, 20 percent
Record rainJuly 2002 already is the
wettest July in San An-
tonio history. Mondays
9.52-inch rainfall
surpassed the previous
record for July 1 (4.07
inches in 1932) and for
the month (8.29 inches
in 1990).
DeathsTwo people one in
San Antonio and one in
Bandera have died as
a result of the flooding.
Flood gaugesCharts detail crest
levels for streams and
rivers in South-Central
Texas/8A, 10A
Radar image of rain-
fall amounts in South-
Central Texas/8A
The inside storiesThe Edwards Aquifer
benefits from the heavy
rains. Its more than 15
feet above the levelthat triggered water use
restrictions in San Anto-
nio last week/8A
A man who was saved
in a dramatic, late-night
rescue says he doesnt
think he should have to
pay a $400 fine for
driving through a low
water crossing during
flooding/11A
The slow-moving
storm system moves far-
ther westward, turning
Uvalde, Bandera and
other communities into
virtual islands. The Frio
River rises 25 feet above
its flood stage/12A
On the WebVisit MySanAntonio.com
for the latest live images
of Doppler radar and
up-to-the-minute street
closures.
COVERAGEHIGHLIGHTS
BY PAMELA CONSTABLE
AND BRADLEY GRAHAM
WASHINGTON POST
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan AU.S. air assault that officials in Uruz-gan province said left 40 civiliansdead and at least 100 wounded hasdrawn the Afghan governmentsstrongest criticism yet of Americanmilitary operations here.
Stronger measures and furtherexplanations are needed to prevent
civilian casualties inthe U.S.-led effort tohunt down al-Qaidaand Taliban fugitives,
Foreign Minister Ab-dullah said Tuesday.
This situation hasto come to an end,he said. Mistakescan take place . . . but
our people should be assured everymeasure has been taken to avoidsuch incidents.
Abdullah, speaking in Kabul,stressed the government wasnt pull-ing back from its support for U.S.anti-terror operations in Afghanistan,which began nine months ago.
A government statement said Presi-dent Hamid Karzai called on theUnited States and its allies to takeall necessary measures to ensure that
military activities to capture terroristgroups do not harm innocent Afghancivilians.
Mondays incident occurred in a re-mote area where U.S. forces havebeen searching for remnants of Tali-ban and al-Qaida forces and wheresome Afghan officials said they be-lieve Mohammed Omar, the Talibansleader, may be hiding.
With details of the incident still indispute, Afghan and U.S. officials
Afghans demand U.S. be carefulKabul irritated at civilian
casualties.
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See AFGHANS/18A
ABDULLAH
BY CINDY TUMIEL
AND KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH
EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITERS
The ghosts of 1998 stalked the WheatleyHeights neighborhood Tuesday afternoon,where Leon Haywood kept vigil by the swir-ling muddy waters of Salado Creek flowingjust beyond his back yard on Advance Street.
Its been four years, but memories still arefresh of record rains that caused the Salado toslip its banks and inundate Haywoods homewith 18 inches of water.
Now, as rains pounded San Antonio onceagain, Haywood and his neighbors began mak-ing those inevitable comparisons to the Octo-ber 1998 storm. They also made plans.
I dont want to be here late at night whenthe water raises up on me, said Haywood, 39,who said he would leave his home as soon asthe water reached his back gate. It came sofast (in 1998) all I could leave with was someclothes. This time Im going to pre-pack.
Wheatley Heights was one of the worst-hitareas of San Antonio in 1998, when a rare con-fluence of meteorological events stirred up oneof the worst storms in the regions history.Rain pounded the area for two days, causing
Flash floodflashback
See STORM/10A
Storm comparison
Rainfall over24-hour period
Bexar County deaths
Rescue calls received bySan Antonio firefighters
1998 2002
11.26 inches
11
400+
9.52 inches
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232
Part of I-35; U.S. 281between Loop 410and Hildebrand
Major road closures Parts of I-35; U.S. 281 betweenLoop 410 and Hildebrand; I-10at Loop 1604
FELIPE SOTO/STAFF
TOM REEL/STAFF
Angie Angers(right) helpsdaughterAngelia Angersthrough flood-waters fromGeronimoCreek thatinundated theirhome in theElmwoodsubdivision inSeguin. Thetwo werereturning todry landTuesday afterinspecting thestructure thathad about 2feet of waterinside.
BY AMY DORSETT
EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER
The heavens provided no mercy Tuesday to aregion already soaked to the bone.
Much of San Antonio was paralyzed as waterseeped into homes and rapids skimmed overstreets, leaving motorists stranded and at leastone dead in the Woodlawn Lake neighborhood.
A second person was killed in Bandera County,which remained largely isolated due to floodedroads.
About 360 people were forced to take refuge inRed Cross shelters in San Antonio, Uvalde, Dilleyand other areas.
Mayor Ed Garza and Bexar County Judge Nel-son Wolff requested a state disaster declaration
from the governors office. More than 200 homeshave been damaged.While not as pervasive as the storm in 1998 or
as deadly as the Great Flood of 1921, when 50 peo-ple died, this storm broke records, too.
Mondays rain alone 9.52 inches set a re-cord for the month of July. Previously, the mostrain recorded in any July was in 1990, when thecity received 8.29 inches.
Tuesday saw less official rain in San Antonio only 1.63 inches as of 7 p.m. but there was as
S.A. may notdry out for days
See TROUBLE/8A