A potential tropical storm is forming across the western Gulf, bringing the threat of floods to Texas, northeast Mexico, and the US Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami reports that the storm system is expected to bring intense rain to southern states, including Louisiana and Texas, this week.
Forecasters have issued an advisory for the potential first tropical cyclone of the 2026 hurricane season. There are rising odds that the system could intensify into the first named storm of the year, with development possible as early as late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
Louisiana and Texas, including Houston, will be hit with flooding rains for the next few days as tropical moisture pours into the region and the storm system continues to spin up across the western Gulf.