Gusty winds are whipping through our areas today, as dry air continues to parch our land and with the correct spark - turns into dangerous wildfire fuel.

Officials with the rodeo confirmed the closure of the nine rides.

It’s a breezy opening day of the 2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo!

Nearly 40,000 customers are without power following strong storms in the Houston-area Tuesday morning and as strong winds blow in behind them.

A wind advisory is in effect for greater Houston until 12p Wednesday for strong winds 20-40 mph

Did you know weather vanes have been keeping us in the know about wind direction for more than 2,000 years? The first known weather vane was installed in 48 BC on top of the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece. Fast forward to the Middle Ages, and weather vanes started popping up on churches across Europe. The most popular design? The good old rooster. Here’s the cool part: the arrow on a weather vane points to the direction the wind is coming from. So, if it’s pointing north, the wind is blowing from the north. That’s why we call it a “north wind”! Simple, but brilliant.

A powerful storm swept through Houston, causing damage, power outages, and even a tragic loss of life. Our thoughts are with the affected communities during this difficult time. Let's come together to support and assist those in need. #HoustonStrong #StormRecovery

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war.

Rain chances return on Sunday for Houston.

It has been breezy this Thursday with cloudy, overcast skies for most of the day.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has released a forecast for January 2024 and it explains when the power grid has the highest chances of requiring conservations, and even rolling blackouts.

The drier weather is moving in and we’ll see a quick warm up for the next few days.

Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction for leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast.

Strong winds from Wednesday’s severe weather event caused a stairwell to partially collapse at a Sharpstown condo building.

He made it clear to us he was in favor of changes being implemented in Texas construction. “We could do a lot better with better building codes in Texas and better enforcement of the building codes that do exist,” he said. Thompson said spray foam is a big help during a freeze. Ad“I think that spray foam insulation and pex pipe is the way to go,” he said. “The spray foam used to be really expensive but now it’s come way down because it’s getting used so much,” said Thompson.

“Texas is a gas state,” said Michael Webber, an energy resources professor at the University of Texas at Austin. While Webber said all of Texas’ energy sources share blame for the power crisis, the natural gas industry is most notably producing significantly less power than normal. We didn’t run out of natural gas, but we ran out of the ability to get natural gas. At least they show us where idiots live.”While wind power skeptics claimed the week's freeze means wind power can't be relied upon, wind turbines — like natural gas plants — can be "winterized," or modified to operate during very low temperatures. Natural gas power plants usually don’t have very much fuel storage on site, experts said.

Winds are turning back onshore and with a southeast breeze moisture is slowly and surely returning to Southeast Texas. Expect a warm and slightly more humid Thursday afternoon. Thursday AfternoonWith more moisture in place patchy fog could be an issue for the Friday morning commute as well as our weekend mornings. Fog Friday MorningThis surge of moisture and unseasonably warm weather is ahead of a couple cold fronts on the way. The second front next Tuesday will cut temperatures slightly returning seasonable weather, afternoon temperatures in the low 70s, back to Houston for Thanksgiving.

Wind is always a concern with strong Hurricanes, but it is the storm surge most coastal residents truly fear. Hurricane Sally is expected to inundate much of the Mississippi coastline. Mandatory evacuations have already been called and much of the coast is now shutting down. Gulfport, Biloxi and several other Mississippi coastal towns are scrambling to finish prepping homes and businesses ahead of Hurricane Sally’s landfall.

HOUSTON – KPRC 2′s Britta Merwin answered your questions about the anticipated severe weather heading into our area Friday evening. What questions do you have about the severe weather that's expected to come our way this evening? We typically would not see as amplified of a system and this large of a severe weather potential in early January but rather we would see it in February. I don’t have a garage, my car will suffer ☹️The hail risk is lower than the wind risk with this system. There is a higher risk for hail will be northwest of Houston tonight.