Nearly 3 million people were without power after Beryl pounded the Houston area with extreme rain and 80 mph winds. Officials said at least four people were killed.
A truck drives through high floodwater as others attempt to retrieve a car that’s stuck along Allen Parkway in Houston on Monday. to hit the sprawling Houston metroplex, killed at least four people, trapped others on flooded roadways and knocked out power to nearly 3 million people Monday.
“This is just the beginning of the season, and I’ve already had two floods,” he said. “I’m thinking of selling it and going somewhere higher.” At least four people died in the storm, according to authorities, including a man who drowned in Houston. A person in Houston was killed in a fire that was likely caused by lightning related to the storm, Mayor John Whitmire said. Two of the deaths confirmed by early Monday occurred under similar circumstances — people seeking shelter in the safety of their homes, only to be caught beneath falling trees.
“Even before the growth, we’ve always lived in a swamp. The folks that came before us knew we need to build this flood infrastructure and we don’t, by any stretch, have the infrastructure we need,” Hidalgo told The Washington Post on Monday afternoon. “This is another kick in the pants for everyone to really prioritize this.
In Surfside Beach, the debris that littered flooded roads offered a testament to the violence of the previous night: mattresses and nightstands, shingles and insulation, wooden staircases and trash cans, mangled and broken power lines, lumber with nails sticking out, even the odd vacuum cleaner. A strip of well-known A-frame houses were destroyed amid the pounding surf.
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