Texas, national hurricane center and Erin
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A new system has emerged in the eastern tropical Atlantic, heading westward toward the Leeward Islands as Hurricane Erin continues to spin.
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.
As the Gulf disturbance nears Texas, tropical moisture will surge Friday and Saturday in the Houston metro area, leading to increasing storm chances.
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.
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.
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.
Prosecutors said an argument erupted between Harris and the victim about loading equipment into company vans. Then, Harris pulled a gun out and shot the victim, prosecutors say.