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The Latest: Texas braces as Tropical Storm Bill approaches

Jesse Ojeda, beach cleaning operations manager for the Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees, helps Rey Soto load portable toilets onto a trailer, Monday, June 15, 2015, as they prepare the seawall for the tropical disturbance headed toward the Gulf coast. A low pressure area located over the south central Gulf of Mexico is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical cyclone formation as it moves northwest towards the middle and upper Texas coast. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP) Jesse Ojeda, beach cleaning operations manager for the Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees, helps Rey Soto load portable toilets onto a trailer, Monday, June 15, 2015, as they prepare the seawall for the tropical disturbance headed toward the Gulf coast. A low pressure area located over the south central Gulf of Mexico is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical cyclone formation as it moves northwest towards the middle and upper Texas coast. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

By Associated Press June 16, 2015 1 min read

1 a.m. (CDT)

The eastern half of Texas is preparing for renewed flooding as Tropical Storm Bill approaches the Texas Gulf Coast.

The National Hurricane Center predicted the storm would make landfall Tuesday morning somewhere between Baffin Bay, south of Corpus Christi, and High Island, just up the coast from Galveston.

Galveston County officials already have directed voluntary evacuation of the low-lying Bolivar Peninsula, where Hurricane Ike wiped out most structures in 2008. School districts from Galveston to the Houston suburbs have canceled Tuesday’s classes.

According to projections by the National Weather Service, parts of North Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma could get up to 9 inches of rain over the next five days, and Missouri could get more than 7.

The forecast follows historic rains and floods last month.