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HOUSTON — Imelda weakened to a tropical depression shortly after making landfall in the Houston area on Tuesday, but some of the heaviest rainfall is still sitting over the coastline and in the Gulf of Mexico. >> KHOU 11 News is on the air now; watch #HTownRush in the video player above or tap here Be prepared for a nasty, wet commute on Wednesday morning. At this time there are no widespread reports of high water…

HOUSTON — Imelda weakened to a tropical depression shortly after making landfall in the Houston area on Tuesday, but some of the heaviest rainfall is still sitting over the coastline and in the Gulf of Mexico. >> KHOU 11 News is on the air now; watch #HTownRush in the video player above or tap here Be prepared for a nasty, wet commute on Wednesday morning. At this time there are no widespread reports of high…

HOUSTON — Imelda weakened to a tropical depression shortly after making landfall in the Houston area on Tuesday, but some of the heaviest rainfall is still sitting over the coastline and in the Gulf of Mexico. Be prepared for a nasty, wet commute on Wednesday morning. At this time there are no widespread reports of high water on freeways or in structures. HIGH WATER LIST: High water locations on major roads across Houston MAP: Steer…

RICHBURG, S.C. — Welcome to a cool facility in Richburg, SC. It’s called the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety’s testing facility. It is a full-scale weather testing facility for structures and building materials.  On Tuesday, the test was about a Fortified roofing system that can save your home from rainwater coming in.  The method is a three-layer protection system that keeps water from coming into the house and damaging all your stuff even…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hurricane Humberto is now a major hurricane and, so far, it’s one for the fishes. The Tampa Bay area is totally out of the cone of uncertainty as the storm moves away from the U.S. However, the rip current threat remains along the southeastern coast of the United States.  People living along the Atlantic Coast should be monitoring the surf through midweek. Humberto has maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and…

HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Imelda made landfall in Freeport Tuesday afternoon and it’s expected to hover over The Greater Houston Area for a couple of days.  The storm is “likely to produce life-threatening flash along portions of the Upper Texas Coast, including the Houston and Galveston areas,” according to the National Hurricane Center. The latest models show some spots could see 12 to 24 inches of rain.  It’s impossible to tell you what areas will…

The tropics are very active — we are tracking Humberto, Imelda, and Tropical Depression 10. HumbertoHurricane Humberto has picked up strength. It’s now a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and gusts to 120 mph. It will continue to strengthen through the day. A new Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for Bermuda, which the storm could impact by overnight Wednesday. In addition, Bermuda has been added to a Hurricane Watch,…

The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season so far is progressing much as AccuWeather forecast back in April. That also means it’s far from over. September is the month with the most Atlantic landfalling hurricanes in the continental United States since hurricanes were first named in 1950. There have been a total of 44 landfalling U.S. hurricanes in September since 1950, according to AccuWeather research based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data (NOAA). That figure does not…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Imelda has formed just offshore of Houston, Texas. It’s the second storm to intensify into an organized tropical system Tuesday. By 2 p.m. et, the storm was upgraded to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 40 mph. Just an hour earlier, the National Hurricane Center had classified the otherwise unnamed system into a tropical depression. Tropical Storm Imelda is about 50 miles from Galveston, Texas. It’s forecast to make…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Imelda has formed just offshore of Houston, Texas. It’s the second storm to intensify into an organized tropical system Tuesday. By 2 p.m. et, the storm was upgraded to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 40 mph. Just an hour earlier, the National Hurricane Center had classified the otherwise unnamed system into a tropical depression. Tropical Storm Imelda is about 50 miles from Galveston, Texas. It’s forecast to make…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hurricane Humberto is now a Category 2 storm with winds up to 100 mph. The Tampa Bay area is totally out of the cone of uncertainty as the storm moves away from the U.S. However, the rip current threat remains along the southeastern coast of the United States.  People living along the Atlantic Coast should be monitoring the water through Tuesday. As of the 11 a.m., the hurricane has maximum sustained…

North Carolina tobacco farmers say Hurricane Dorian destroyed at least 20 to 25 percent of their total harvest, hurting the state’s overall tobacco industry, according to David Thomas, of the U.S. Tobacco Cooperative. “It is taking a toll on the tobacco production in North Carolina and the last three years have been really stressful on tobacco farmers,” Thomas said. Farms in about 15 counties in North Carolina were severely affected. This includes Sampson and Duplin…

Author: KHOU 11 Weather Team Published: 10:39 PM EDT September 15, 2019 Updated: 12:18 PM EDT September 17, 2019