Tropical Storm Edouard Nears Texas-Louisiana Border

Tropical Storm Edouard churned toward the Texas-Louisiana border on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, with forecasters warning it could rapidly intensify into a hurricane before making landfall later in the day. The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for the coast from High Island, Texas, to Cameron, Louisiana, as the compact system threatened millions with life-threatening storm surge, torrential rain, and flash flooding. As of Tuesday morning, Edouard was located about 30 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, and 50 miles southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. The storm was moving northwest at 8 mph.