At least 3 people killed after Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast

Forecasters predicted dangerous storm surges and flash flooding when Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast early on Monday after gaining strength over the warm Gulf of Mexico waters overnight. The eye of the tempest arrived at the coast at Matagorda Sound, which is somewhere between Corpus Christi and Galveston, the Public Storm Place affirmed in an update at 5 a.m. ET. At least 3 people killed after Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast: According to the NHC, Beryl’s renewed force included sustained winds of 80 mph and a storm surge that forecasters anticipated would pose a threat to human life. A storm cautioning was active across the Matagorda Cove, from Mesquite Narrows to Port Bolivar. The situation is life-threatening. The National Hurricane Center stated, “People located within these areas should take all necessary actions to protect life and property from rising water and the potential for other dangerous conditions.” Over the next 12 hours, the storm is expected to weaken quickly and become a tropical storm as it moves north through eastern Texas. It added that storm surges of up to 7 feet could move to normally dry areas along the coast from Corpus Christi to the Louisiana line. According to the center, the storm was also anticipated to bring a deluge along a large portion of Texas’ Gulf Coast, with as much as 10 inches of rain anticipated in some areas. At least 3 people killed after Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast:  In south Texas, among boarded-up houses, Texas state troopers filled sandbags to prepare for the storm. A developing number of provinces in Texas — 121 actually Sunday — were the subjects of state catastrophe statements fully expecting serious harm, the workplace of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a proclamation. While Gov. Greg Abbott is on an official visit, Patrick is acting governor. The Houston Independent School District announced on Sunday that both Monday and Tuesday would be off for all campuses. Forecasters stated that there was a chance of a few tornadoes along the coast, and on Monday, the risk extended to east Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. According to surf forecaster Surfline, the waves in Galveston were between 8 and 10 feet high Sunday night, making them dangerous. “Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions” were forecast by the hurricane center for the Gulf Coast over the next few days. At least 3 people killed after Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast:  Beryl traveled northwest across the Caribbean, sometimes as a Category 5 hurricane, before entering the Gulf of Mexico, striking the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, losing steam, and then heading north for Texas while relying on the warmth of the gulf for strength. According to reports from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter and data from the National Weather Service’s Doppler radar, Beryl’s maximum sustained winds reached nearly 75 mph at 11 p.m. CT on Sunday, elevating it from a tropical storm to a hurricane. According to the hurricane center, the sustained winds increased to 80 mph as it got closer to landfall. At least nine deaths were attributed to the storm between Monday and Thursday in Jamaica, Venezuela, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Grenada.