Tens of thousands of people in Southeast Texas woke up without power Wednesday after Tropical Storm Edouard came ashore Tuesday and then weakened into a tropical depression.
The National Hurricane Center said Edouard made landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, at 2:20 p.m. CDT Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. By Tuesday night it had dropped to depression strength. The Weather Prediction Center’s 4 a.m. Wednesday advisory placed the center about 70 miles northwest of Beaumont and 30 miles south-southwest of Lufkin, moving north-northwest at 5 mph with 35 mph sustained winds.
PowerOutage.com showed more than 70,000 homes and businesses without electricity across three Texas counties at the height of the storm, CNN reported. The Associated Press said about 32,000 customers were dark in Jefferson County, which includes Beaumont. Beaumont police said on social media that downed trees blocked roads, traffic signals were out and underpasses flooded. The Texas Division of Emergency Management warned people to stay off the roads as the center moved over the Beaumont area. City offices there were closed.
Heavy rainfall will occur with the remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard as it moves inland, and this could result in isolated flash flooding in parts of Central and East Texas where a Flood Watch is in effect. The highest rain chances will be from Wednesday into Thursday morning. pic.twitter.com/oyXUi7zJEA
— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) September 1, 2026
The National Hurricane Center said rainfall along Edouard’s path could total 4 to 8 inches, with isolated amounts up to 12 inches from the upper Texas coast into east-central Texas. Flood watches remained in effect Wednesday for parts of that corridor. No storm-related deaths in Texas had been confirmed in official reports early Wednesday.
Houston-area travelers faced a messy day. The Houston Chronicle reported George Bush Intercontinental Airport warned of possible delays and cancellations tied to the storm and urged passengers to check flight status before heading to the airport.
North Texas is on the far edge of the system. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth said the heaviest rain would stay over Central and East Texas, with the best leftover chances Wednesday into Thursday morning. Isolated totals of 1 to 2 inches were possible in the service’s eastern and southeastern counties, with locally higher amounts. For Dallas-Fort Worth proper, the leftover threat is mainly a few passing showers, not the flooding rains hitting Beaumont and Port Arthur.
Edouard is the fifth named Atlantic storm of 2026. Officials said it never reached hurricane strength.
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