Daybreak Today Wednesday Morning Brief

On Daybreak Today,

Disaster relief may be coming to Lamesa residents soon, after last weekend’s devastating storm.

• A judge has issued a disaster declaration for Lamesa and Dawson County.
• The mayor said last weekend’s storm caused an estimated $10 million in damage.
• Information could be posted online as early as today for disaster relief funding.
• Here is the latest: Disaster declarations issued for Lamesa, Dawson County after weekend storms

A Lubbock man is going to prison after pleading guilty to murder.

• Justin Jackson admitted to killing his girlfriend, Shranda Carson, at the Chaparral Apartments in 2018.
• A judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison.
• Get the details: Lubbock man sentenced to 30 years for deadly 2018 stabbing

A Texas inmate will be executed today for killing his family.

• John Hummel murdered his wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law inside their Kennedale home in 2019.
• He confessed after being arrested in California.
• Read more here: Texas inmate faces execution after killing 3 family members

Crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed condominium in Surfside, Florida.

• That brings the death toll to 12 people.
• There are still 149 people still unaccounted for since the building collapsed last week.
• Updates can be found here: Condo searchers eye tropical forecast as effort stretches on

A dangerous heat wave continues to bake the northwest.

• The region is experiencing record-setting temperatures above 100-degrees.
• The heat could be a factor in dozens of deaths in Washington state and Oregon, and hundreds of deaths in British Columbia.
• Read more here: Blackouts in US Northwest due to heat wave, deaths reported

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