UPDATE: 10:40 p.m.
(Houston time): A major flood warning has been issued for the area north of Hidalgos Pass, south of Houston, for the next several days.
It includes floodwaters that could reach as high as 12 feet, and it is expected to last for several days, according to the National Weather Service.
“It will be very difficult to maintain water levels and conditions,” it said.
“The threat of flooding is very real, and will impact the lives and safety of all residents in the area.”
The National Weather Services predicted a high of about 15 inches in the Houston area over the next few days.
The warning for the entire area extends from northwest to southwest from 10 a.m.-3 p.d.
(0200 GMT) Monday through Saturday, and extends northward through the end of Tuesday.
The forecast is subject to change and could change as water levels continue to rise.
UPDATE: 10 p.min. (HST): A heavy rain shower has caused flooding and power outages in parts of the Houston metropolitan area, prompting authorities to cancel Sunday night’s annual Houston Pride Parade and temporarily suspending the parade.
“I have to say, this is a really heavy rain, a heavy rain with a lot of hail and flash flooding,” Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters at a news conference.
“This is the biggest one we’ve ever had.”
UPDATE 10:00 p.me: Houston police are investigating after an officer was injured in a shooting.
Police say the officer was on foot patrol when he was shot in the leg by a man walking through the city’s downtown area on Wednesday night.
The man was identified as 26-year-old Kenneth Williams.
“Officers are investigating the incident,” Houston police said in a statement.
Police say they are also investigating an unrelated shooting at a gas station in the city of Port Arthur that left a man hospitalized.
No officers were injured.
Houston Mayor Syvester Turner said on Thursday the city is expecting to see “up to a foot” of rain in the next 24 hours.
HOUSTON — The National Hurricane Center says the National Hurricane Scale (NHC) has upgraded the storm to a Category 1 hurricane, bringing the threat of a hurricane-force storm to the state.
The National Weather Center issued a hurricane watch for the Houston metro area from 10 p,m.
to 4 a.t. on Thursday, which is considered the low end of the NHC’s “very likely” range.
A Category 1 storm is considered a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds up to 110 mph.
Huge waves are forecast for the Bayou City, the Houston region and surrounding areas.
