Texas, Louisiana brace for Gulf of Mexico storm

[WorldNews]

By Kristen Hays HOUSTON (Reuters) - A tropical disturbance packing heavy rains in the Gulf of Mexico threatened the coast of Texas on Monday weeks after floods killed about 30 people in the state, the National Weather Service said. Flash flood watches were in effect for central Texas and the Houston area, regions where flooding last month turned streets into rivers, submerged thousands of vehicles and surging water ripped houses off their foundations. Outbound and inbound traffic in the Houston Ship Channel, the largest U.S. petrochemical port, was stopped on Monday to protect vessels from rough seas, officials said.

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