Roberto Villalpando

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Roberto Villalpando

Beryl, which made landfall in Southeast Texas last summer, continues to invoke memories of misery and destruction, but no other Atlantic storm will carry that name again because the moniker was retired earlier this month by the World Meteorological Organization, the gatekeeper for hurricane names. When the Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, another set of Atlantic storm names will be rotated into use, but what goes into the naming process and whose names are on the lists?

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Roberto Villalpando

With the threat of severe weather looming over Southeast Texas this weekend, the National Weather Service has placed several counties in the Brazos River Valley under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. Friday. A tornado watch is issued by the Storm Prediction Center for counties where tornadoes may occur. The weather service recommends that residents in the watch area should review emergency plans, take inventory of your supplies and check your safe room.

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Roberto Villalpando

Citing the scores of deaths and widespread devastation cause by three hurricanes in 2024, the world body in charge of the names of tropical storms has retired Beryl, Milton and Helene from the list of names used in the Atlantic Basin. Beryl, a hurricane that made landfall in Texas on July 8, 2024, was the second name on the alphabetical list of storm names created by the World Meteorological Organization for the 2024 hurricane season.

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Roberto Villalpando

Parts of Southeast Texas northeast of Houston are under a tornado watch and a flood advisory Friday until 7 p.m., the National Weather Service said. Doppler weather radar at 12:30 p.m. was showing a cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms moving north, just west of the Sabine River, parallel with the Texas-Louisiana border. The tornado watch applies to Liberty and Polk counties, which include the communities of Cleveland, Corrigan, Dayton, Liberty and Livingston.

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Roberto Villalpando

AccuWeather’s forecast isn’t surprising when climate change and the rise in global air and ocean temperatures have altered weather patterns.