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Daisy Espinoza / Houston Public Media Several Houston-area counties were under flooding alerts Wednesday morning. High water locations have been reported in Montgomery and Washington Counties. Flood watches are issued when conditions are favorable for flooding to occur, and flood warnings are issued when flooding is occurring, according to National Weather Service. The following alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service for the Houston-area. NWS says there is a potential threat to life…

Heavy swaths of rain fell in Southeast Texas on Tuesday, dropping more water on an already-saturated ground. The heavy rains continue Wednesday morning. TEXAS, USA — A series of storms brought waves of rain to Southeast Texas on Tuesday, adding more water to an already saturated ground. The heavy rains continued into Wednesday morning bringing several more inches of rainfall to the communities north and northwest of the Houston metro area. The storms triggered a…

Heavy swaths of rain fell in Southeast Texas on Tuesday, dropping more water on an already-saturated ground. TEXAS, USA — A series of storms brought waves of rain to Southeast Texas on Tuesday, adding more water to an already saturated ground. The storms triggered a series of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings. Check with the KHOU 11 News Weather Team for a look at the forecast. Here are some updates. 10:05 p.m. Tuesday…

Heavy swaths of rain fell in Southeast Texas on Tuesday, dropping more water on an already-saturated ground. TEXAS, USA — A series of storms brought waves of rain to Southeast Texas on Tuesday, adding more water to an already saturated ground. The storms triggered a series of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings. Check with the KHOU 11 News Weather Team for a look at the forecast. Here are some updates. 10:05 p.m. Tuesday…

Alvaro ‘Al’ Ortiz/Houston Public Media FILE: A Houston driver drives through rainy weather on the service road for I-45. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch Tuesday to areas just north of Harris County. Cities north of Houston including The Woodlands, Conroe, Navasota, Brenham and Bryan could see anywhere between two and four inches of rain by Tuesday evening. The flood watch will affect those areas until midnight Tuesday before more thunderstorms are expected…

Texas leaders said they activated their response resources, which include emergency personnel from several different agencies along with equipment on standby. HOUSTON — Due to potential flooding, state leaders are preparing now to help keep Texans safe. The Texas Division of Emergency Management, also known as TDEM, said they have now activated their response resources, which include emergency personnel from several different agencies along with equipment on standby. For example, Texas Parks and Wildlife have…

Camilo Hannibal Smith / Houston Public Media Rain falls on Texas State Highway 288 near Interstate 59, on Sept. 13, 2021, ahead of Hurricane Nicholas’ landfall. A potential for flooding conditions is in the forecast this week as a days-long rain pattern touched down in Houston Monday morning. Showers and thunderstorms will span across the Houston area on Monday. Space City Weather predicts that most of the area ranging from Brazos Valley down to Galveston…

Firefighters face a wildfire in near Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Pinto county on June 29, 2023. The dormant wildfire season — which has produced nearly all of the 30 largest wildfires in Texas — is here, but data from the Texas A&M Forest Service suggest this may be a mild year thanks to El Niño. After a summer of intense heat, drought conditions have reduced, said Lucas Kanclerz, a fire analyst with the Texas…

COLDSPRING, Texas — A tornado passed through Coldspring on Monday as a series of strong storms moved through the Houston area. The damage left behind was caught on camera by viewers. There were other parts of the viewing area that were also hit by storms. Below are some of the ones that were sent in to KHOU 11 and others from our crews out in the field.  This was sent to us from Hai Le…

COLDSPRING, Texas — A tornado passed through Coldspring on Monday as a series of strong storms moved through the Houston area. The damage left behind was caught on camera by viewers. This was sent to us from Hai Le and shows a downed tree at Durham and 11th Street in the Heights. Here’s a look at what it looked like in the Shenandoah area: And here’s what it looked like in the Cypress area: A…

COLDSPRING, Texas — A tornado passed through Coldspring on Monday as a series of strong storms moved through the Houston area. The damage left behind was caught on camera by viewers. This was sent to us from Hai Le and shows a downed tree at Durham and 11th Street in the Heights. Here’s a look at what it looked like in the Shenandoah area: And here’s what it looked like in the Cypress area: A…

COLDSPRING, Texas — A tornado passed through Coldspring on Monday as a series of strong storms moved through the Houston area. The damage left behind was caught on camera by viewers. This was sent to us from Hai Le and shows a downed tree at Durham and 11th Street in the Heights. Here’s a look at what it looked like in the Shenandoah area: And here’s what it looked like in the Cypress area: A…

AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File In this March 15, 2017, photo, people stand in line at a United Airlines counter at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Houston-area flights are experiencing delays and cancellations due to severe weather and the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max planes. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered all Boeing 737 Max 9 planes — 171 in total — be grounded shortly after a fuselage panel blew out on an Alaska Airlines…

Houston emergency management officials are prepared to keep fans safe during the tailgate outside of NRG Stadium. HOUSTON — Houston residents and visitors should prepare for severe weather on Monday. Staff at the Emergency Operations Center shared parts of their plans to keep fans safe. According to the City of Houston, a wind advisory will be issued by the National Weather Service from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The cold front is…

REUTERS/Adrees Latif Houses are seen submerged in flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in Northwest Houston on Aug. 30, 2017. After years of squabbling between Houston officials and the Texas General Land Office, the city’s new mayor and the state’s land commissioner both have expressed a willingness to work with each other. That could spell relief for Houston residents who are still trying to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Texas Land…