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Hurricane Beryl is continuing on its tear through the United States after making landfall in Texas yesterday, killing at least eight people.
Beryl made landfall in Matagorda, Texas, early on Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph and storm surge of over 6-7 feet. Heavy rain came with the storm as well, bringing flash flooding to the entire Houston area. A couple of isolated tornadoes were also reported, knocking out power to thousands of people. Over 2.7 million people lost power across Texas, and over 2.2 million still have no electricity. Most of those people were supplied power by Texas-based CenterPoint Energy, but the company promised that at least 1 million customers would get their power back by Wednesday. However, as Galveston is a relatively isolated island, CenterPoint has stated that it could take anywhere from three days to two weeks to restore power to some parts of the area.
Four people have died in Texas' Harris County, which includes the city of Houston, while three others are dead in Montgomery County, north of Houston, and another woman died in Louisiana after a tree fell on her home. Two of the four killed in Harris County and one man in Montgomery County were also killed by falling trees, while another man in Harris County died in a fire caused by lightning.
It roared through the Houston area as a hurricane, pounding the city with 75 mph winds and 4 inches of rain before weakening to a tropical storm as it passed through the southeastern portion of the state, including Dallas. It is now a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph as it crosses Arkansas, but flood watches are still in place across its path, as rain of 2-3 inches and flash flooding is expected. From there, forecasts show the storm moving through the Ohio Valley, pass over the Great Lakes, and batter southern Canada with more rain.
Unfortunately, there will not be any relief for Houston, either. Just after this devastating storm, temperatures will soar to 94˚F (34.4˚C), with the heat index at a blistering 105˚F (40.5˚C).
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