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The outer bands of Tropical Storm Beta, one of several storms creating a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, are lashing the Texas coast.

Official landfall is forecast to be very late Monday or early Tuesday, but Texans should prepare for tropical storm conditions late Sunday through early Monday.

Already, Beta is bringing tropical storm conditions to parts of the southwestern Louisiana coast.

A storm surge warning is also in effect from Port Aransas, Texas, to the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, where 2 to 4 feet of storm surge is possible.
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A total of 8 to 12 inches of widespread rain is forecast, and isolated rainfall of up to 20 inches is possible from the middle of the Texas coast to southern Louisiana through Thursday.

In Galveston, Texas, the worst flooding could come Monday morning, with high tide, officials said./quote]

Paulette formed earlier in September as one of the five active tropical cyclones brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. It was only the second time in history that many storms had existed simultaneously.
Hurricane Paulette made landfall in Bermuda as a Category 1 and strengthened to a Category 2 over the island on September 14. The storm then lost speed and lost its tropical storm status, downgraded to a post-tropical low-pressure system.

The storm formerly known as Paulette stewed for five and a half days. That is, until this week.
Paulette regained strength and became a tropical storm once more on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Paulette reappeared Monday about 300 miles off the coast of the Azores islands.

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a powerful Category 4 "major" hurricane Tuesday with 130 mph winds in the Caribbean Sea as it heads for Mexico then treks north toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Delta is forecast to lash Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday with "extremely dangerous storm surge" and "significant flash flooding." While forecasters are unsure exactly where and when it could hit the U.S., areas from Louisiana to the western Florida panhandle could see dangerous conditions Thursday night into Friday.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:49 pm Please give a trigger warning before posting anything about Hurricane Matthew - that damned storm flooded my place with 6" of seawater!

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:40 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:49 pm Please give a trigger warning before posting anything about Hurricane Matthew - that damned storm flooded my place with 6" of seawater!

Yikes! I guess that also goes for mentioning anything about Matthew McConaughey, Matthew the Apostle or Matthew of The Walking Dead

Alefroth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:14 pm The quickest intensification from depression to Cat 4.

Hurricane Delta, now a Category 1 storm, made landfall near Creole, Louisiana, on Friday evening, with nearly 11 million people in the storm's path. Hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana lost power as the storm traveled north, and up to a foot of rain is expected in some areas.

The hurricane struck the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm, but was downgraded to a Category 1 about an hour later. Forecasters are still warning of a "life-threatening" surge of seawater in some areas.

The hurricane is threatening the same region that was devastated by Hurricane Laura just six weeks ago. Recovery from that Category 4 storm will likely be set back by weeks.

Though it has weakened, the storm will linger over the region for the coming days, bringing "catastrophic, life-threatening flash flooding, river flooding and mudslides," according to the NHC.

Later this week, the storm is expected to reemerge over the Caribbean Sea and possibly move over Cuba by Sunday. That means that by the end of the weekend, Eta could threaten Southeast US -- particularly Florida, which is in the storm's forecast cone.
Eta is expected to restrengthen when it hits water once again, but there is still uncertainty about the magnitude of intensity it will reach, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.

Unagi wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:12 am Did I miss the storms named DOA, FYI , and GTFO

(Pardon my silly, ill placed (weak) humor)

"This afternoon Hurricane Chevy Chase devastated a good part of Miami Beach..."