Tropical Storm Bertha brushes past SW Louisiana coast on the way to Texas

By: Louisiana Illuminator

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: July 23, 2026

Words: 179

Last Updated: 4 weeks ago

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Minor coastal flooding appeared to be the lone impact from Tropical Storm Bertha at it hugged the Louisiana coastline Thursday morning en route to a second landfall in Southeast Texas.

Since its landfall Wednesday afternoon in St. Bernard Parish, Bertha’s sustained winds have stayed at 45 mph. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service placed the storm about 70 miles southeast of Lake Charles and moving west at 13 mph, nearly double its …

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