Convenience Big Store: Storms ease Houston heat for now. Here's when temps climb again

June 20, 2024

🔍 Need to Know

Shown are forecast high temperatures Thursday in Southeast Texas, according to the National Blend of Models. Most areas will see highs top out near 90 degrees, which is a degree or two cooler than normal for late June.

Storms are easing Houston heat for now. Here's when temps will climb again.

Houston is getting a brief pause from summer heat through Friday, thanks to daily scattered rain. But when will soaring temperatures return? Here's what to know.

A car sits submerged in water as Tropical Storm Alberto approaches land Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Surfside Beach.

Tropical Storm Alberto's surge left parts of a Houston-area beach town under water.

Residents and visitors to Surfside Beach in Brazoria County and Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County saw roads and some neighborhoods flooded by high tides.

PLUS: Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration over Tropical Storm Alberto.

Dr. Rex Marco teaches residents during a class at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Houston.

How a paralyzed Houston spinal surgeon returned to work.

Dr. Rex Marco, who was paralyzed in a bicycle crash, is back to teaching classes at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and remains optimistic he'll walk again.

A bridge in the 400 block of West Rankin Rd. between Ella Blvd. and Kuykendahl Rd. is shown Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Houston. Houston police are investigating the apparent homicide of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found early Monday in shallow waters of the north Houston creek.

A 12-year-old girl found dead in a Houston creek has been identified.

Houston police believe 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was strangled to death some time early Monday morning.

💼 Business

Golden Pass LNG terminal under construction on Thursday, April 14, 2022 in Sabine Pass.

Exxon's Golden Pass aims to rehire thousands of laid-off workers.

More than 6,000 workers were building Golden Pass before a dispute with contractor Zachry Industrial prompted thousands of layoffs. Now, the site is quiet.

🚗 Outside the Loop

Rose Caballero closes her eyes as she takes in the reading of the Juneteenth proclamation as others video the annual event on their phones at Ashton Villa on Juneteenth, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Galveston. The national holiday marks the day in 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, over two years after it was signed. The event also recognized the effort of former Texas State Representative Albert 'Al' Edwards, known as the architect and father of Juneteenth, for his work to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Galveston marked Juneteenth by reenacting Texas' end to slavery.

The Juneteenth celebration, packed in spite of inclement weather, celebrated Texas history and late state Rep. Al Edwards who made it official in 2007.

📝 Opinion

*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks with Elliston Berry (C), a victim of deepfake image abuse, and her mother Anna McAdams (L) following a news conference to unveil the Take It Down Act to protect victims against non-consensual intimate image abuse, on Capitol Hill on June 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Cruz introduced the bipartisan 'Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act' (TAKE IT DOWN) which would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery and require social media sites to remove nefarious imagery if it is flagged by a victim.

Deepfake nudes and AI porn torment teens. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is fighting back.

When a North Texas girl became the target of AI-generated porn, a teenage cyberbully got off scot-free. A new bill introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz hopes to change that, writes the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board.