'You want to be in a position of wherever you're going to be by Monday,' said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
State officials are urging Texans, especially Gulf Coast residents, to prepare for an uninvited guest this weekend: Hurricane Beryl.Beryl first battered the Caribbean, weakened to a tropical storm after slamming Mexico and is likely to strengthen as it reenters the Gulf and takes its path towards the Lone Star State.State leaders say Texans have until Monday to brace themselves for Beryl to make landfall in Texas.
"Once it moves into the water, the storm will tell us more of where it's heading, and we'll know to be able to pinpoint it much more than we can today," Patrick said. "But right now, if you're along the coast from Brownsville to the Louisiana border, pay attention.""We really won't know for several more hours of exactly where landfall will be, but we have high confidence that this system is coming somewhere to Texas," Kidd said.
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