Is there a hurricane coming to Texas? Latest on Tropical Storm Bertha

As Texas recovers from devastating flooding, another round of rain could be on the way as Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens in the Gulf.

Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to produce rainfall amounts of two to four inches with isolated higher totals around eight inches through Friday, July 24, along the Gulf Coast and adjacent inland locations from western Florida to the Middle Texas Coast, including southern portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In Texas, the forecast track and intensity remain "highly uncertain", the National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio posted on X.

No impacts from Tropical Storm Bertha are expected through Thursday, July 23. However, it's still too early to determine what impacts may occur across South Central Texas and exactly where, the National Weather Service added.

Will Tropical Storm Bertha become a hurricane?

Though Bertha is strengthening in the Gulf, forecasters are not predicting it will become a hurricane as it continues to battle wind shear.

The wind shear is likely to give the cyclone a very asymmetric structure, with the bulk of the rainfall and much of the wind expected to occur on the southern side of the storm center, according to the National Hurricane Center.

USA TODAY contributed to this story.

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