The storm's center hit land as a Category 1 hurricane around 4 a.m. Central Standard Time about 85 miles southwest of Houston.
Ed Campbell works to secure his boat as he prepares for Beryl 's arrival, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Port Lavaca, Texas . Although Beryl remained a tropical storm Sunday as it churned toward Texas , it threatened to potentially regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall early Monday.
Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg urged residents to stay off the roads, reporting that one of its high-water vehicles had been hit by a falling tree while returning from a rescue. Video footage showed heavy street flooding in the barrier island city of Galveston, and Houston was under a flash flood warning for most of the morning as heavy rain continued to soak the city.
More than 1,000 flights have been canceled at Houston’s two airports, according to tracking data from FlightAware. Texas officials warned people along the entire coastline to prepare for possible flooding, heavy rain and wind. Several coastal counties called for voluntary evacuations in low-lying areas. Local officials also banned beach camping and urged tourists traveling on the Fourth of July holiday weekend to move recreational vehicles from coastal parks.
In Louisiana, heavy bands of rain are expected all day Monday and “the risk is going to be for that heavy rainfall and potential for flash flooding,” National Weather Service meteorologist Donald Jones said in a Monday morning Facebook Live briefing.
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