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Tropical Storm Beta was flooding southeastern Texas as it grinds along the coast, pounding it with heavy rain before meandering toward Louisiana.
Beta was expected to stall inland over Texas on Tuesday and then move slowly northeastwards, according to an
advisory from the National Hurricane Center at 5 am New York time.
The storm was about 35 miles (56 kilometres) northwest of Port O’Connor. The worst rains may occur in eastern Louisiana, with the possibility of tornadoes near coastal areas in Texas or Louisiana.
“The slow motion of Beta will continue to produce a long duration rainfall event from the middle Texas coast
to southern Louisiana,†Robbie Berg, a National Hurricane Center meteorologist, wrote in his forecast.
Earlier, meteorologist Stacy Stewart said the combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.