Tropical Storm Bill moves into Texas with more flood threats
Source: AP
By DAVID WARREN
DALLAS (AP) — Tropical Storm Bill moved slowly over inland Texas on Tuesday, bringing another round of heavy rain to a state weary from recent deadly floods, evacuations and washed-out roads.
The storm came ashore shortly before noon along Matagorda Island with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph before starting to weaken Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. By Tuesday night, it was located about 45 miles north of Victoria, in South Texas, with maximum winds of 40 mph.
Typically tropical storms gather power from the warm waters of the ocean and weaken over land, but meteorologist Victor Murphy of the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said it was plausible this one could regain strength. The Texas soil remains saturated from last month's historic rainfall, meaning the phenomenon scientists call the "brown ocean" effect is "still on the table," Murphy said.
Personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were sent to Texas and Oklahoma after severe flooding over Memorial Day weekend will remain in the region to help prepare for Tropical Storm Bill and help clean up in its aftermath, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
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Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees crews removed trash barrels from the seawall Monday June 15, 2015, as they prepare for the tropical disturbance headed toward the Gulf coast, in Galveston, Texas. A low pressure area located over the south central Gulf of Mexico is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical cyclone formation as it moves northwest towards the middle and upper Texas coast. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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Earlier this evening, I finally had to take down some of my hanging things (chimes, plants) because the gusts really picked up. For about five minutes 
The rain was mostly on the east side of Houston, over Galveston Bay and arching over to The Woodlands. Now, there's a swath over the Gulf that looks like it'll hit Lake Jackson, Sugarland, and Katy (we'll probably get some of that, too.) By the looks of it, we may see some flooding, because they look to be intensifying over the water.
The northern wet side of the storm has just gone over Bastrop. Its path is projected just barely to the east of Fort Worth, so Dallas will get the wet side.
