Texas has avoided early-season tropical storms so far, but the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season starts in mid-August and lasts into mid-October.

Invest 98L, the tropical system that emerged near Mexico early Wednesday, Aug. 13, is tracking toward Texas. Will it impact the state?

Hurricane Alicia made landfall in Texas on this day in 1983, causing over 100 mph wind gusts, 12-foot storm surge and $9.8 billion in damage.

The center of a tropical disturbance that flared up in the Gulf began to move across land on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall to parts of northeastern Mexico and South Texas.

The monster storm intensified to a Category 4 with 140 mph (225 kph) maximum sustained winds early Monday while it started to lash the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season on Friday, with sustained winds of 75 mph as it moves toward the Leeward Islands.

HOUSTON — A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf now has no chance of developing into a tropical depression but is still expected to send waves of tropical downpours along the Texas coast into Saturday. As of Friday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center is giving this system a 0% chance of development.

Invest 98L, the system that emerged in the Gulf earlier this week, is strengthening as it moves northward and will likely be significant rian to Texas.

Colorado State University experts released their final forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season last week, on Aug. 6.

Texans will see a new design on state identification cards and driver's licenses starting Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced. However, the old version will remain valid until its expiration date.

A new system has emerged in the eastern tropical Atlantic, heading westward toward the Leeward Islands as Hurricane Erin continues to spin.