September 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Rain bands and winds from Tropical Storm Francine have been lapping at the South Texas coast, home to SpaceX's spaceport called Starbase. Video recorded Monday shows water from the Gulf of Mexico pushing into Brownsville with the Starbase facility in the distance. Starbase is where SpaceX continues to test and develop the reusable Starship spacecraft, which completed its most successful spaceflight this summer. "Starbase is a river right now," wrote Anthony Gomez on X with a video of the flooding. Slow-moving Francine has been a rainmaker before even making landfall. More than 4 inches of rain have already fallen in Brownsville, with higher totals of up to 7 inches in northeastern Mexico. Rainfall is expected to continue through Tuesday, with the heaviest rainfall falling throughout the day and into Wednesday night. Another video from South Padre Island, a popular spot to watch SpaceX's Starbase launches, showed strong winds and rain from Tropical Storm Francine. According to the National Weather Service in Brownsville, beaches in Cameron, Willacy, and Kenedy counties are under a coastal flood advisory through Tuesday night. Seawater is pushing in and reaching the dunes on South Padre Island, limiting access to vehicles with high-wheel bases.