More than 2 million people are without power on Tuesday morning after Hurricane Beryl slammed into south Texas.
Hurricane Beryl came ashore at Matagorda around 4 a.m. Monday as a Category 1 storm with winds of 80 mphRestoring power to 2.7 million customers will be a multi-day event, officials say.Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Houston areaBeryl was blamed for killing several people in Texas on Monday and at least one person in Louisiana, officials said.
Beryl later Monday weakened into a tropical depression with maximum wind speeds of about 35 mph . The storm still packed a punch, and the National Weather Service confirmed on social media Monday evening that tornadoes had been spotted in northeastern Louisiana. Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington said in a Facebook post that a woman was killed in the Benton area when a tree fell on her home.While weakened, Beryl threatened to unleash harsh weather over several more states in coming days.
“We’re not past any difficult conditions,” said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is acting governor while Gov. Greg Abbott is out of the country. The state was opening cooling centers as well as food and water distribution centers, said Nim Kidd, chief of state emergency operations. Many streets and neighborhoods throughout Houston were littered with fallen branches and other debris. The buzz of chainsaws filled the air Monday afternoon as residents chopped up knocked-down trees and branches that had blocked streets and sidewalks.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. said it conducted a “safe combustion of excess gases” at its Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, but did not provide information on the amount of gas flared or how long it would continue. Formosa Plastics Corporation and Freeport LNG also reported flaring related to Beryl, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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