Live updates: Storm Edouard leaves thousands without power as flood risks persist

More than 40,000 customers are without power across East Texas while life-threatening flooding continues in Livingston and Polk County.

The KPRC 2 Weather Team will continue to monitor the Tropical Depression Edouard as it moves across Southeast Texas, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and a risk of street flooding to parts of the Houston area.

Weather warnings are active across coastal and inland counties.

Bookmark this page for weather updates, flood warnings and the weather forecast from KPRC 2 meteorologists.

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Wednesday, Sep. 2

5:30 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Liberty, Polk and San Jacinto counties until 6 p.m.

5:23 p.m. A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Polk County until 7:15 p.m.

5:09 p.m. More than 40,000 customers are without power across East Texas while life-threatening flooding continues in Livingston and Polk County.

5 p.m. Flash flood warning continues for West Livingston, Livingston and Onalaska until 7:30 p.m.

4 p.m. As of now, more than 43 thousand customers are without power. Those mostly affected are Entergy customers.

3:11 p.m. A new flash flood warning has been issued for Polk County.

1:23 p.m. Flash flood warnings have expired for everyone except Trinity County.

Houston’s rain chance is slim but not zero for today. If we see showers or storms, it will be due to the heating of the day mixing with the moist atmosphere.

12:47 p.m. Flash flood warning issued for Trinity County until 2:45 p.m.

10:40 a.m. A flash flood threat has been issued until Thursday morning for southeast Polk County, northeastern Liberty County.

9 a.m. A family in Livingston is rescued from their home where surrounding water was waist high.

7:34 a.m. Flash Flood Warning extended to 9:30 a.m. for northwestern Liberty County, east central Montgomery County and southeastern San Jacinto County.

5:51 a.m. Flash flood warning issued until 8:45 a.m. for northwestern Liberty County, east central Montgomery County and southeastern San Jacinto County.

3:30 a.m. Flood watch issued for northeastern areas and counties until 7 p.m.: Brazos, Chambers, coastal Harris, Grimes, Houston, inland Harris, Madison, Montgomery, northern Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto, southern Liberty, Trinity, Walker and Waller.

Tuesday, Sep. 1

9 p.m. Tropical Storm Edouard weakens into a tropical depression.

6:25 p.m. Houston ISD announces it will operate as normal on Wednesday.

4:49 p.m. Flood advisory issued for Chambers and Liberty counties after heavy thunderstorms produced intense rainfall across the region. The advisory remains in effect until 6:45 p.m.

4:45 p.m. Nearly 19 thousand Entergy customers are without power, the majority of whom are just west of Sabine Lake. CenterPoint has only 45 customers without power.

3 p.m. Several Houston-area school districts have made the decision to cancel classes on Wednesday. See the full list here.

2:20 p.m. The National Hurricane Center reports that Edouard made landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, with estimated maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and minimum pressure of 996 mb.

1 p.m. Entergy Texas has crews rotating shifts for 24-hour response coverage. It has also deployed more than 60 vegetation crews to targeted locations across the service area to address vegetation that could impact.

12:30 p.m. “We’re better prepared today than ever in Houston’s history,” Mayor Whitmire said.

11 a.m. Barricades are already up at a flood-prone East End underpass with a 90-year-old sewer system as Houston braces for heavy rain from Tropical Storm Edouard

10:30 a.m. Houston Independent School District canceled all after-school activities this afternoon, prompted by the tropical storm making landfall this afternoon, just east of the city.