The center of a tropical disturbance that flared up in the Gulf began to move across land on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall to parts of northeastern Mexico and South Texas.

Heat index values rise as high as 107 degrees, but a shifting weather pattern brings lower temps and rain chances later this week.

An area of storms southwest of Texas, which was designated by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) as Invest 98L, now has a low chance of tropical development as it quickly approaches northeastern Mexico and south Texas but is still expected to drench the area with heavy rain Friday and into the weekend.

The likely path of a disturbance, increasingly expected to develop into a cyclone, has encroached on Texas in recent days, National Hurricane Center (NHC) tracker maps show. Officials have warned that the disturbance presents the threat of heavy rain, flooding, and increased rip currents along portions of Texas' coastline.

Officials say at least 81 people have died in flooding triggered by unrelenting rain Thursday night into Saturday.

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We are tracking a tropical disturbance in the Gulf that has gotten stronger overnight and will help push some rain into the Houston-area.