New Delhi, July 24 -- Parts of southern Louisiana and Texas witnessed heavy surf and flooding after Tropical Storm Bertha came ashore along the Gulf Coast for a second time on Thursday (local time), hours before weakening into a tropical depression.

The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said parts of the upper Texas coast could continue to witness tropical storm-force wind gusts through Thursday evening, while elevated water levels caused by storm surge were likely to persist, AP reported.

Forecasters predict Bertha will produce at least one to three inches (2.5 to 7.6 centimeters) of rainfall, with isolated totals of up to four inches (10.1 centimeters) that could trigger flash flooding in coastal and south Texas. Further, more wea...