are the hurricane force winds. those are expected to stay south of the border of mexico. take a look at the wind dust. heavy rain, driving rain, that's going to continue over the next several hour. and it will pick up before weakening back to a category one and then a tropical storm. dumping tons of heavy rain across south texas. now, we've been tracking the winds picking up over the next several hours. we expect alex to become a category two storm later on this evening. >> thank you, rafael. now, before we knew where in the gulf alex would hit, there was a lot of talk about two disasters clashing. a hurricane hitting the oil spill site. now, that isn't happening this time, but it is expected to be a heavy hurricane season. we're joined by the host of a