 to check on my son, that's when I heard the big crack. Some two and a half million Texas homes and businesses are without electricity, according to PowerOutage.us. CBS News Texas meteorologist Scott Padgett. Some spots nine inches to near a foot of rain down near Houston and barrel as it weakens overnight to a tropical depression, then a post-tropical cyclone will affect 11 states with flooding rains, maybe four to six inches of rain as it continues that northeasterly track over the next few days.