Tropical Storm Edouard Targets Texas and Louisiana as Lowell Threatens Hawaii
Why It MattersActive storm activity across the Gulf and Pacific basins underscores continued seasonal disruption risk to regional flight operations, airport access and coastal aviation infrastructure.
Tropical Storm Edouard was upgraded from a tropical depression Monday night and was expected to make landfall in Texas later Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of early Tuesday, the storm was located about 65 miles south-southeast of Cameron, Louisiana, and 90 miles southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and moving west-northwest at 8 mph.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said flooding was the primary concern. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning and forecast 3 to 6 inches of rain for the greater Houston area, with parts of the upper Texas coast expected to receive up to 9 inches; rainfall rates exceeding 4 inches per hour could cause flash flooding in low-lying and urban areas. Crews worked Monday to clear dry vegetation that could ignite from lightning and spread as fires. Orlando Alanis of the Texas Division of Emergency Management said Texas was prepared for the season's first major storm.
Separately, the remnants of Hurricane Dolly brought rain and thunderstorms to parts of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Turks & Caicos, and the Bahamas. In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Lowell was located about 630 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, on Monday evening, moving west with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, and forecasters warned it could rapidly intensify into a major hurricane by Wednesday. Hurricane Karina strengthened into a Category 4 storm by Monday with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, and by Tuesday morning was centered 1,210 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, posing no threat to land.
