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Gov. Abbott activates statewide emergency response teams ahead of the storm as Texas is bracing for a tropical system expected to bring severe rain and flood risks.
The best chance of rain is expected between noon and 5 p.m., and a few storms will be slow-moving and capable of flooding.
Another round of afternoon showers and storms will be in the picture for Saturday with heavy downpours and a few strong storms. Afternoon high temperatures will be in the low 90s with south winds at 5-10 mph. We will have to be on the lookout for isolated flooding in some locations.
A tropical disturbance will move inland Saturday, sending scattered downpours, lightning, and gusty winds to South-Central Texas.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that could produce heavy rainfall and flooding in Houston.
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a small area of low pressure located about 900 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles have increased.
An anticipated tropical storm is expected to bring heavy downpours, high winds and the possibility of tornadoes to southern Texas and the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. A tropical cyclone is ...
The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict because the science is not yet available, a local meteorologist testified during Wednesday's special legislative session.
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A disorganized low-pressure area off Florida is showing increasing chances of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm this week.