Beta weakens to tropical depression, stalls over Texas coast

HOUSTON (AP) — Beta has weakened to a tropical depression as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas further inland. Beta made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor, Texas, and it’s causing flooding in Houston and Galveston. It’s the first time a storm named for a Greek letter has made landfall in the continental United States. Forecasters ran out of traditional storm names last week