The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott is warning Texans as a flood watch is in effect for most of Central Texas through Thursday evening 
• U.S. and Iran continue exchanging strikes, with the U.S. military hitting 140 targets in Iran overnight and Iran responding with fire toward Jordan and other Gulf states 
• Georgetown Police are investigating damage to fiber-optic cables that left tens of thousands of people without internet