Officials are continuing to monitor the situation as flash flood threats continue for the upper coast of Texas, as tropical depression Edouard moves through the area. The people of Beaumont say they were caught off by the winds, up to 70 mph in Southeast Texas knocking out power for tens of thousands of people. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes." Weekdays starting at 9a/8C.#NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Tropical Storm Edouard roared ashore near Port Arthur, Texas, with 60 mph winds and has since dumped as much as 21 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas, leaving more than 70,000 customers without power and forcing residents in several communities to seek higher ground. The National Hurricane Center confirmed that Edouard made landfall […] The post Tropical Depression Edouard knocks out power to 70,000 and triggers flash flood emergency across southeast Texas appeared first on American Almanac .
Tropical Storm Edouard roared ashore near Port Arthur, Texas, with 60 mph winds and has since dumped as much as 21 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas, leaving more than 70,000 customers without power and forcing residents in several communities to seek higher ground. The National Hurricane Center confirmed that Edouard made landfall at 2:20 p.m. local time Tuesday near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, roughly 15 miles south-southeast of Port Arthur. Maximum sustained winds hit 60 mph, and the storm's minimum central pressure measured 996 millibars. Port Arthur itself recorded a top wind gust of 90 mph, with two additional hurricane-force gusts, 74 mph or greater, measured in the surrounding area Tuesday afternoon. By 10 p.m. Tuesday,…Open
Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression Tuesday night, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flooding roads across Southeast Texas. NewsNation's Xavier Walton reports from Beaumont, Texas.
