Hurricane Beryl has knocked out energy for greater than 2.3 million Texas prospects, as of 10:27 a.m. Monday, based mostly on estimates from PowerOutage.us and CenterPoint Power.
Outages are most in depth within the Houston space and coastal counties together with Matagorda, the place Beryl landed as a Class 1 hurricane at roughly 4 a.m. Monday morning. Vital outages are additionally in Galveston County, Calhoun County and Jackson County. Because the morning progressed, outages prolonged additional inland and into Deep East Texas to areas together with Polk, San Jacinto, Montgomery, Grimes and Washington Counties.
A lot of the outages are amongst prospects who obtain energy from CenterPointEnergy. CenterPoint is the primary electrical energy supplier for the overwhelming majority of residents in Harris and Fort Bend counties and in addition gives electrical energy to dozens of East Texas communities. The supplier will not be presently offering county-specific numbers on outages.
At 10:27 a.m., PowerOutage.us reported that greater than 1.9 million of CenterPoint’s 2.6 million Texas prospects lacked electrical energy.
“As quickly as protected to take action, you’ll see our crews headed out to begin assessing injury and growing restoration plans,” CenterPoint mentioned on social media platform X. The corporate warned folks to keep away from downed wires and to not try to take away tree limbs or objects from energy strains. Clients are as a substitute suggested to report outages and unsafe situations to their energy firm or native authorities.
— Pooja Salhotra
Two folks die in separate incidents after Beryl knocks bushes onto residences, authorities say
July 8, 2024 at 10:59 a.m.
Two folks have died and one other was injured after Hurricane Beryl downed bushes in separate Houston neighborhoods close to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Harris County.
The Atascocita Hearth Division responded to a name a few fallen tree at roughly 6:30 a.m., based on Jerry Dilliard, the division’s spokesperson. Two folks had been on the residence, and one was deceased on the scene. The second particular person was transported to the hospital and their situation is presently unclear.
“One particular person was trapped underneath a ceiling in part of the home that the tree had fallen on,” Dilliard mentioned.
In an e-mail, Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace senior deputy Thomas Gilliland confirmed the demise, noting {that a} tree fell on a home and a person was trapped underneath particles.
“That tragic incident is being labored by our personnel,” Gilliland wrote.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales mentioned on X that the deceased particular person is a 53-year-old man who was “sitting in a home with household, using out the storm.”
Gonzales additionally reported hours later {that a} tree fell on a residence within the neighborhood of Rustic Canyon Path in Houston, inflicting to the demise of a 74-year-old girl.
— Pooja Salhotra and Stephen Simpson
Houston space sees heavy rains, flash floods as Beryl strikes inland
July 8, 2024 at 10:39 a.m.
A large swath of Texas is experiencing heavy winds and a number of other inches of rain Monday as Hurricane Beryal transfer northeast throughout the state. At 10 a.m., the attention of the storm was situated about 20 miles west of Houston and was transferring northeastward at about 12 miles per hour, based on a Nationwide Hurricane Middle advisory. Winds had slowed barely to 70 miles per hour, down from the 80-mile-per-hour winds that hit Matagorda earlier within the morning.
The Nationwide Hurricane Middle mentioned that as much as 10 inches of rain may fall in some locations — and a few remoted areas of the state might obtain 15 inches. Some areas of Houston have already acquired almost 10 inches of rainfall, based on information from the Harris County Flood Management District.
On Monday morning, native officers within the Houston space mentioned the storm had downed bushes and brought about road flooding. In Rosenberg, a metropolis 35 miles southwest of Houston, a downed tree hit a excessive water rescue automobile coming back from a rescue, police mentioned on X. Officers urged residents to remain off roadways.
Some river flooding may additionally happen Monday, the Nationwide Hurricane Middle warned. Beryl is anticipated to weaken from a hurricane to a tropical storm afterward Monday.
Tornadoes are additionally potential throughout alongside the higher Texas coast and throughout components of East Texas on Monday.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick mentioned Sunday that Texans residing east of Interstate 35 may bear the brunt of the storm.
“Residents sheltering in place ought to take precautions immediately for sustained wind, heavy rain, flooding, storm surges on the coast, and potential tornados,” Patrick mentioned.
— Pooja Salhotra and Brandon Formby
Beryl makes landfall in Texas as Class 1 hurricane
July 8, 2024 at 5:37 a.m.
Hurricane Beryl made landfall close to Matagorda round 4 a.m. Monday as a Class 1 Hurricane, based on the Nationwide Hurricane Middle. The storm strengthened via Sunday night and had most sustained winds of 80 miles per hour when it got here ashore. A 5 a.m. advisory from the Nationwide Hurricane Middle warned about life-threatening storm surge and inland flooding Monday.
Tons of of 1000’s of Texans are with out energy, together with many in shoreline counties equivalent to Brazoria and Matagorda, based on PowerOutage.us. The total scope of the storm’s injury will not be but clear — and it may trigger extra Monday because it strikes northeast via the state.
The hurricane middle mentioned the coast was experiencing life-threatening storm surge. It additionally warned of flash floods all through the southeastern portion of the state because the storm continues transferring inland, bringing 5 to 10 inches of rain to some areas — or as much as 15 inches in some remoted locations.
Class 1 storms primarily injury unanchored cellular houses, shrubbery and bushes. They will additionally do in depth injury to electrical energy strains and trigger energy outages that final a number of days.
— Pooja Salhotra
What ought to I do after a hurricane hits?
July 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.
Avoid flood waters and broken energy strains. Don’t enter broken buildings. Take images and doc damages to your private home or property. Residents are additionally inspired to doc their storm damages and losses via a state-run on-line survey to assist state officers perceive the extent of the damages.
Organizations just like the American Crimson Cross, Salvation Military and native volunteer organizations may also help you discover meals, shelter and provides, in addition to even help you with clean-up efforts.
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Authorities and group sources could also be accessible to assist with restoration. Catastrophe declarations from the governor and president might unencumber federal funds for restoration help from the Federal Emergency Administration Company. Individuals can not obtain catastrophe help and insurance coverage help for a similar damages, so insured Texans ought to file claims via their present insurance policies earlier than making use of for FEMA help.
— Maria Probert Hermosillo and Pooja Salhotra
This text initially appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/08/hurricane-beryl-texas-damage-updates-rain/.
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Picture: Ominous clouds accompany a heavy band of rain in Houston on July 7, 2024, the eve earlier than Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast. Credit score: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune
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