Tropical Storm Bill continues to move slowly inland across Texas, where it lost most of its power. No serious injuries have been reported, relieving the residents and officials of the state of more grief, just weeks after a series of floods ravaged the state.
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center stated that the storm's maximum sustained winds already weakened to 40 miles per hour, with the eye of the storm located about 45 miles north of Victoria, in south Texas. The storm continued to move at 12 miles per hour, reported Yahoo! News.
Bill, which is the second named tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall Tuesday near the town of Matagorda, which is known for sportfishing. The storm lost much of its power then.
No substantial damage has been reported, with oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico and on the coast still operating normally. Refineries and the South Texas Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant, were also relatively unaffected, according to Reuters.
Bill caused a number of inconveniences, however, as 300 flights were cancelled at two airports serving the Houston area. The Houston Ship Channel, the waterway to the United States' most prominent petrochemical port, also halted its traffic due to the storm, according to Reuters.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker is optimistic about the developments. "This is a rain event," she said. "This is a normal rain event."
