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Tracking early storms in the gulf (July 2, 2024)


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On Tuesday's show: Hurricane Beryl made landfall over the Grenadine island of Carriacou with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour – the strongest Category 4 storm ever seen in that area. The good news for us (as of late Monday morning) is that most models suggest the storm is not headed here. However, there is another tropical disturbance a few days behind it, and its ultimate track is anyone’s guess at this point.

We discuss the arrival of serious storms just a month into the Atlantic hurricane season and what impacts, if any, they could have for us with Space City Weather meteorologist Eric Berger.

Also this hour: Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees were resettled in the United States after the fall of Saigon in 1975, including right here in Houston. Historian Erica Allen-Kim talks about her new book, Building Little Saigon, which examines the creation of “Little Saigons” across the country and how the community took root in midtown in the 70s and 80s.

Then, 60 years ago today, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law. We consider how Houston changed after that landmark legislation.

And we continue our summer series visiting area museums and attractions with a trip to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

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