Gov. Greg Abbott activated state emergency response resources on July 17 due to increased threats of tropical weather impacting Southeast and East Texas.

The storm will bring heavy rainfall to the region, and a flood watch was in effect for southeastern Louisiana through Friday night.

The change in forecast was a welcomed development as the New Orleans area steels itself for the approaching heart of the hurricane season.

Thick tropical rains beating through the Gulf drenched South Mississippi on Wednesday with lightning and storm clouds that swamped low-lying roads, sent cars splashing through puddles and dumped downpours that are expected to keep falling until Saturday across the soggy coastline.

Flooding rain is expected along the Gulf Coast as Invest 93L tries to organize into a tropical depression or storm. Meanwhile, tragedy struck at a New Jersey archery range after a lightning strike killed one person and injured more than dozen others.

Tonight, storms will end, and it will become mostly clear. Expect muggy lows in the lower to middle 70s. Invest 93L remains just off the east coast of Florida. It will move west across Florida and