Adam Zuvanich

A heat advisory has been issued for the Houston and Galveston area between 11 a.m. Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday, with expected heat indices between 107 and 114 degrees Fahrenheit or 41 and 46 degrees Celsius.

Galveston's Reedy Chapel, one of the places where enslaved Texans learned they had been freed on June 19, 1865, held its annual Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19, 2026.

The annual event celebrating the city's LGBTQ+ community and its allies, originally scheduled for early June in downtown Houston, was called off a couple hours beforehand because of inclement weather.

Michael Butler, 44, told authorities in the aftermath of the June 19 crash that his Tesla Model 3 was in autopilot mode when it slammed into a home in Katy, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila. Her family has sued Butler and Tesla.

Construction at a data center site in Milam County on May 4, 2026.

A man was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Canal Street in Houston on July 7, 2026.

Candles and flowers were placed at the site where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man in Houston in July 7, 2026.

A memorial has been created along Canal Street in Houston's East End, where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent on July 7, 2026.

Rain is in the region's forecast for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Pictured is the Sullivan family.