The likely path of a disturbance, increasingly expected to develop into a cyclone, has encroached on Texas in recent days, National Hurricane Center (NHC) tracker maps show. Officials have warned that the disturbance presents the threat of heavy rain, flooding, and increased rip currents along portions of Texas' coastline.

A Gulf disturbance now has a 0% chance of becoming a tropical storm, but it could still  bring rain, high surf and deadly rip currents

An area of storms southwest of Texas, which was designated by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) as Invest 98L, now has a low chance of tropical development as it quickly approaches northeastern Mexico and south Texas but is still expected to drench the area with heavy rain Friday and into the weekend.

An area of storms southwest of Texas, which was designated by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) as Invest 98L, now has a low chance of tropical development as it quickly approaches northeastern Mexico and south Texas but is still expected to drench the area with heavy rain Friday and into the weekend.

The National Hurricane Center is watching Invest 98-L near the Yucatan Peninsula. There is a medium (40%) chance for tropical development in the Southwestern Gulf. The system is expected to move over Mexico by Friday.

SAN ANTONIO - A tropical wave (Invest 98L) is making steady progress northwest across the Gulf today after a trip across the Yucatan Peninsula Wednesday. It i

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the Gulf. The tropical wave, tagged as Invest 98-L, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms near the west coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Hurricane Erin strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm Saturday in the Caribbean , where it threatened to dump flooding rains as it continued to grow larger and stronger, the National Hurricane Center said.