Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas

Tropical Storm Harold has made landfall connected the south-east seashore of Texas, bringing much dense rainfall and precocious winds to the confederate US.

Multiple flash flood and tornado warnings are successful spot connected Tuesday and expected to past into the afternoon.

National Weather Service officials foretell 1-3in (2.5-7.6cm) of rainfall successful nether an hr successful immoderate regions.

The Texas deluge arrives a time aft historical amounts of rainfall flooded parts of the US southwest.

California and Nevada are cleaning up connected Tuesday aft parts of each states saw historical amounts of rainfall from Storm Hilary, which caused wide flooding on with mudflows, downed powerlines and trapped cars.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is besides tracking 2 further tropical storms moving westbound towards the US.

On Tuesday, astir 10:00 section clip (16:00 BST), Tropical Storm Harold made landfall connected Texas' Padre Island successful the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical tempest warnings person been issued from the Rio Grande stream - on the state's confederate bound - to astir 250 miles (400km) north, to the assemblage of Port O' Connor.

More than 1 cardinal radical are nether tropical tempest warnings successful the Lone Star state. Scattered instances offlash flooding volition beryllium possible, the NWS warned.

Wind speeds reached up to 50mph (80km/h), prompting the NWS to contented a tornado informing for counties successful south-central Texas. Residents determination person been cautioned by officials to enactment indoors arsenic "flying debris volition beryllium dangerous".

By Tuesday afternoon, 2-4in of rainfall had fallen successful immoderate south-eastern Texas counties, with up to 6in forecast to autumn successful immoderate isolated areas.

A mates of tornadoes are imaginable crossed southbound Texas done Tuesday afternoon.

The tempest is expected to proceed to transportation rain, upwind and hail further inland arsenic it tracks westward crossed the blistery and adust Texas landscape.

As Texans endure the deluge, upwind officials person warned of yet different tropical tempest - Tropical Storm Franklin - presently immoderate 230 miles eastbound disconnected the seashore of the Dominican Republican.

Up to 6in of rainfall from Franklin is predicted to autumn successful Puerto Rico opening connected Wednesday.

The interaction of clime alteration connected the frequence of storms is inactive unclear, but we cognize that accrued oversea aboveground temperatures lukewarm the aerial supra and marque much vigor disposable to thrust hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons. As a result, they are apt to beryllium much aggravated with much utmost rainfall.

The satellite has already warmed by astir 1.1C since the concern epoch began and temperatures volition support rising unless governments astir the satellite marque steep cuts to emissions.