Weather

The Weather Channel reports: Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico is bearing down on Louisiana with a landfall expected later today. Dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will impact Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast and South. Francine is centered about 95 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana, and is moving northeast. Maximum sustained …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng has issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents living outside of the federal levee protection system ahead of Tropical Storm Francine, which is expected to become a hurricane before landfall Wednesday. The order will affect residents in Crown Point, Jean Lafitte, Barateria, lower Lafitte and Grand Isle. Lee Sheng …

CBC News reports: Tropical Storm Francine, which developed in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday and make landfall Wednesday over Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center says. “Francine is anticipated to be just offshore of the coasts of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas through today,” the center said early Tuesday, “and make landfall in …

ABC News reports: A tropical system churning in the southern Gulf of Mexico is forecast on Monday to become Tropical Storm Francine as it moves toward a Wednesday landfall in Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for parts of Texas, with the expectation that hurricane watches could be issued later today for parts …

The Weather Channel reports: T​ropical Storm Ernesto has formed and will spread heavy rain, winds and some coastal flooding across the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico through Wednesday, before it turns north and intensifies into a hurricane. Ernesto became the fifth storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season late Monday afternoon after a Hurricane Hunter mission found a small, closed …

CNN reports: Hurricane Debby has made landfall in Florida near Steinhatchee with winds of 80 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center at 7 a.m. EDT. The landfall is within 20 miles of Hurricane Idalia’s landfall, which also came ashore in the Big Bend of Florida in August 2023 as a Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph winds. …

The Weather Channel reports: T​he latest National Hurricane Center forecast shows this system becoming Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday or Saturday night. It will then head toward a landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Sunday night or Monday morning as either a strong tropical storm or possibly a Category 1 hurricane. It’s important to note that impacts from this …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis put the vast majority of Florida counties in a state of emergency in preparation for the potential landfall of a storm that could become the first “significant threat” to the state in what is expected to be a violent hurricane season. “Based on meteorological reports, there is significant threat of heavy rainfall over …

NBC News reports: As days of sweltering heat persists, Houstonians have directed their frustration over the lack of electricity toward local utility company CenterPoint Energy, which is under increased scrutiny for a perceived slow response after Hurricane Beryl landed on the Gulf Coast of Texas earlier this week. The dangerously hot temperatures this week have led to an increase in …

CNN reports: Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses may not have their power restored until next week amid sweltering summer heat, even as many in the region struggle to access fresh food, air conditioning and safe drinking water. More than 1 million power customers in southeast Texas – mainly between Galveston and north of Houston – are still without …

NBC News reports: More than 1.7 million customers in Texas were still without power Wednesday morning, depriving many of air conditioning during a dangerous heat wave, 48 hours after Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service office in Houston said: “With power outages continuing across southeast Texas, the lack of air-conditioning will aggravate the risk …

The Austin Statesman reports: Millions of Texans are without power Tuesday after Hurricane Beryl made its third and final landfall near Matagorda early Monday. Rainfall brought by Beryl caused near-record flooding in the Houston area, raising some bayous, like the White Oak Bayou and Buffalo Bayou, nearly 24 feet in the span of nine hours Monday. City officials say dangerous …

The Texas Tribune reports: Hurricane Beryl has knocked out power for more than two million Texas customers, as of 9 a.m. Monday, based on estimates from PowerOutage.us and CenterPoint Energy. Outages are most extensive in the Houston area and coastal counties including Matagorda, where Beryl landed as a Category 1 hurricane at approximately 4 a.m. Monday morning. Significant outages are …

USA Today reports: Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 storm early Monday, forcing the closure of major oil ports, flight cancellations, and a warning it would be a deadly storm for communities hit. By the time it made landfall near Matagorda around 4:30 a.m., winds had increased to 80 mph, according to the National …

The Weather Channel reports: H​urricane warnings have been extended along parts of the Texas coast ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl. Flooding rainfall, storm surge inundation, high winds and tornadoes are all threats. Beryl is centered in the western Gulf of Mexico and is moving toward the northwest. Beryl is beginning to reorganize and is predicted to intensify en route to …

CNN reports: The weekend is off to a sizzling start as more than one-third of US residents face heat advisories and additional cities are expected to see record temperatures in the coming days. The list includes customarily hot Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to be near 114 degrees Saturday and even hotter Sunday, when it could break the daily …

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports: Texas officials are urging people to stay prepared — and not panic — ahead of Beryl. In a briefing on Friday afternoon, acting Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd said it is too early to know Beryl’s exact path and where it will make landfall but people should still plan …

The Houston Chronicle reports: The chance that Hurricane Beryl could come ashore in deep South Texas is becoming more of a reality now. Earlier this week, the National Hurricane Center had been forecasting that Beryl would most likely make landfall on the northeast coast of Mexico, but as the most recent model data has come in, Beryl’s projected path is …

USA Today reports: All of Jamaica was about to feel the power of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday as the eye of the Category 4 storm reached the island of 3 million people, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its 5 p.m. ET advisory. The hurricane’s outer bands had lashed Jamaica earlier Wednesday after hurtling across warm waters in the …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Hurricane Beryl’s track beyond the next three days is getting increasingly challenging to predict, and the “cone of uncertainty” once the storm enters the Gulf shifted north Tuesday afternoon to include Texas. The Category 5 storm had winds of 155 mph at 5 p.m. CST Tuesday and is expected to weaken some due to wind …