Tropical Storm Bertha will re-enter the United States between this Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24, through the state of Texas, after moving through southern Louisiana.
For this reason, the governor of Texas, Jeff Landry, declared a state of emergency this Thursday, although, preliminarily, no major damage or effects have been reported.
According to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Bertha made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday and then returned to sea.
However, the storm is now moving over Texas, where it will enter as a tropical storm or depression before dissipating this weekend.
Bertha’s forecast trajectory indicates that it will move along the coasts of Louisiana and the eastern tip of Texas until Thursday afternoon.
Overnight, the storm will enter Texas.
The phenomenon, which emerged on Monday, was last reported 230 kilometers (145 miles) west of New Orleans, Louisiana’s largest city. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour (45 miles) and was moving west at 20 kilometers per hour (13 miles).
The NHC anticipated that Bertha will produce rainfall accumulations of up to 6 inches (more than 150 millimeters) along the Texas coast, which “may produce isolated flash flooding, especially in urban areas,” as well as storm surge that “cause life-threatening surf and current conditions.”
The governor of Louisiana declared a state of emergency due to the cyclone, although he indicated in a press conference that “the good news is that the storm will probably not produce the type of rain or wind that such an event could cause.”