Tropical storm Edouard is on it’s way to Galveston.

The activation came as residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts prepare for Tropical Storm Edouard as it rolls through the warm waters of the Gulf. Edouard’s aim at the Texas Gulf coast comes at the height of tourist season. Neighboring southwest Louisiana also braced for the storm, with one parish evacuating homes nearest the Gulf.
Emergency teams were activated as Gulf residents prepared for their second strong storm in two weeks, although Edouard is forecast to hit a different stretch of the Texas coast or Louisiana than Hurricane Dolly did last month. Texas began activating a number of emergency teams Sunday afternoon, including calling up 1,200 Texas military forces and six UH-60 helicopters, the State Operations Center said. The Texas Forest Service and the Texas Engineering and Extension Service activated response teams.