Tropical Storm Beta Floods Houston Area; Standing Water Closes Interstate, Highways
At a Glance Parts of Interstate 69 and State Highway 288 were closed by flooding.High water rescue teams responded to dozens of calls for help.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued disaster declarations for 29 counties.Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency. Tropical Storm Beta, which made landfall late Monday in coastal Texas, covered streets throughout Houston with water and was causing flooding in parts of Louisiana battered last month by Hurricane Laura. Beta was downgraded to a tropical...