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Tropical Storm Bertha made its second landfall near the Texas-Louisiana state line on Thursday afternoon.
The second landfall comes a day after Bertha first came ashore in Louisiana, extending the storm's impacts across a broad stretch of the Gulf Coast. While Bertha remained a relatively weak tropical storm, forecasters warned that heavy rain, localized flash flooding, gusty winds and coastal inundation could still affect communities from Louisiana into Texas. The tropical storm also caused storm surge in Florida and Alabama earlier in the week.
“Flooding rain and storm surge remain the primary threats,” AccuWeather meteorologist Breanna Grill said in a report. “The highest additional rainfall totals of 2-4 inches are expected across a portion of southern and coastal Texas. The Texas Hill Country may be especially susceptible to flash flooding following last week’s catastrophic flooding.”
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As of the most recent update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) at around 2 p.m. ET, Bertha's maximum sustained wind speeds were at 45 miles per hour.
"Tropical Storm #Bertha Advisory 17A (1 PM CDT, Thu Jul 23): Bertha Inland Near the Texas-Louisiana Border. Heavy Rains Spreading Across Portions of Coastal Texas," NHC posted on X.
A tropical storm warning remains in place along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf coasts, as well as various other weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS), such as flood warnings and coastal flood advisories.
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Animated weather footage from windy.com showed Bertha bringing strong winds and rain to the Texas-Louisiana state line on Thursday afternoon.
Maximum sustained wind speeds were around 45 mph and could become strong enough to knock down trees or power lines. As of Thursday afternoon at around 3:15 p.m. ET, Texas wasn't plagued by widespread power outages.
The heaviest rainfall will likely remain offshore, but meteorologists warned that some bands of heavy rain could move onshore in Texas. AccuWeather warned that coastal Texas areas could receive between 2 and 4 inches of rain from the storm. Rain also has a chance of moving further inland to impact Texas Hill Country, which is still recovering from deadly floods that hit earlier this month.
The storm is expected to weaken as it progresses inland, NHC said in a forecast. It will likely still be considered a tropical storm by Thursday evening around 7 p.m., although it will have weakened to a tropical depression by 7 a.m. Friday morning.
The storm will then continue trekking across Texas until it is expected to dissipate by Friday night, AccuWeather said.
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