the latest. good morning. we now have tropical storm bill. this system organized yesterday evening. now into the overnight into the early morning hours, we re concerned this could continue to slowly strengthen. winds around 50 to 55 miles per hour. movement off to the north and west. here s the radar. we are looking at some extremely heavy rainfall rates just off the coast whereas we could see major flash flooding later on tuesday from houston to dallas. t.j. and reena, back to you. justin, thank you so much. a major emergency response to the los angeles airport as a plane landed with six passengers on board. a dozen people on the flight from fiji became violently ill with what is expected to be the they all stayed at the same hotel and had to be checked out before the plane could deplane. they just announced they
we cannot rule out some wind damage but wind speeds not really expected to go above 60 miles per hour in gusts. the heavy rain will be a huge concern not only today as it lifts its way off to the north but all throughout the mid-week time frame. early we re talking tuesday, tuesday night into wednesday, lifting north. dallas, you could receive up to 6 inches of rain before it s all said and done. eventually the ohio valley as well. t.j. and reena, back to you. thanks so much. we re getting a preview of what pope francis is expected to say thursday about climate change. according to a leaked draft, the pope says most climate change is due to human activity. he calls it one of the most important moral issues facing society. a vatican spokesman says the document is only a draft and may not reflect what the pope may ultimately say. al qaeda is confirming a u.s. drone strike killed number
it seems like when you left we were talking about nasty weather. you come back, we re talking nasty weather. this is a big deal. texas, another deluge. the storm blowing ashore there this morning with a new round of soaking rain. and tropical storm bill could dump up to a foot of rain from houston and dallas before moving into oklahoma. many of those areas still saturated from last month s record downpours and catastrophic flooding. close to 30 deaths and several evacuation orders are in effect around galveston. the watershed can t handle much water and it s going to go somewhere else. it s going to go in the streets. researchers say some storms can actually strengthen over land by drawing from heavy moisture in the soil. officials in dallas have activated the city s emergency operation center ahead of the storm. watches and warnings are posted now from tropical storm bill. and it reaches far beyond the gulf coast. the storm expected to move north to the ohio valley this we
matt guzman abc news oak island, north carolina. we turn to another danger in the waters off the east coast. talking about stingrays. a boy was attacked in florida. stabbing him, left sticking out from his foot. the sixth grader s dad rushed him to the hospital where doctors were able to remove it. stingrays can remain almost invisible. difficult to see even in florida s crystal clear waters. texas braces for more heavy storms with tropical storm bill. the storm is expected to blow ashore today. by the time it s all over, they could see up to a foot of rain from galveston to dallas. many areas still recovering from last month s catastrophic flooding, expected to get hit again. accuweather justin povick has the storm track. good morning, justin. t.j. and reena, thanks. good morning. tropical storm bill continues to slowly organize. winds 50 to 55 miles per hour. movement to the north and the west toward corpus christi. but houston, galveston, get ready, you re going to receive som