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Houston is bracing for more heavy rain and thunderstorms from Saturday evening through Memorial Day, with a continued Stage 2 flood alert due to high atmospheric moisture and the potential for storm training. Rain totals so far have varied widely, and forecasters expect roughly 2–4 more inches across the area next week, with isolated higher amounts and a real risk of flash flooding in repeatedly affected areas.
Space City Weather has issued a Stage 2 flood alert for Houston through Memorial Day weekend due to expected 4–8 inches of rainfall from a series of disturbances; while most roads should be passable, rising creeks and bayous could reach flood stage and flash flooding is possible, so remain weather-aware as the pattern stays wet through the weekend and into next week.
Heavy rainfall is expected in the Houston area from now through Wednesday, with the potential for 1 to 4 inches of rainfall today and this evening, and an additional 1 to 3 inches on Tuesday. A Stage 1 flood alert has been issued due to the threat of street flooding. After the rainy period, Thursday and Friday will be partly sunny with highs around 70 degrees, followed by a partly sunny Saturday and a sunny Sunday. Next week looks quiet with low rain chances, providing some time to dry out.
A powerful storm hit California, causing a tree to fall on a neighbor's house while a man was being interviewed on live TV. This is the eleventh atmospheric river to hit California this winter season, leaving over 206,000 homes and businesses without power and putting about 30 million people under flood alert.