Major flooding starts today in Sargent Beach, Texas after Hurricane Beryl made landfall
Las Vegas just hit 120° this afternoon, hottest temperature ever recorded for the city since data started there in 1937. It beat the previous all-time record by 3 degrees! Palm Springs, California, also hit a new all-time heat record with 124° on Friday.
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Beryl kills at least 4 in Texas as more than 2M remain without power.
Tropical Storm Beryl unleashed a barrage of severe weather to southeast Texas on Monday, killing at least four people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,300 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.7 million homes and businesses.According to the National Hurricane Center, Beryl, the season's earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, weakened from a hurricane after pounding the coastal Texas town of Matagorda, a coastal community between Corpus Christi and Galveston. It had sustained winds of more than 80 mph as it made landfall at 4 a.m. CT.
The agency said current conditions could spawn tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. By 7 p.m. CT, the weather service office in Shreveport, Louisiana, reported it had issued over 50 tornado warnings. The office had also stacked up a list of a half-dozen possible tornadoes.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said most of the city was experiencing flood waters of more than 10 inches. "We're literally getting calls across Houston right now asking for first responders to come rescue individuals in desperate life safety conditions," he said Monday.
In a suburban part of Harris County, just northeast of Houston, a man was killed when a tree fell on his home and trapped him under debris, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. In northern Harris County, a tree fell onto a house and killed a 74-year-old woman, Gonzalez said on social media.
At least two more people died: A Houston Police Department civilian employee got caught in flood waters driving to work; and in Southeast Houston a man died in a fire believed to have been started by lighting, Whitmire said at a news conference Monday evening.
Last week, Beryl carved a path of destruction across the Caribbean − leaving at least 11 people dead and destroying or severely damaging infrastructure on several islands. Beryl, which at one point strengthened into the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, last made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Friday morning.
2.1 million still without power in sweltering heat as Texas begins cleaning up in Hurricane Beryl's wake.
HOUSTON – The sound of chainsaws and generators filled the air in communities across the Houston metro and East Texas one day after historic Hurricane Beryl made its third and final landfall, knocking out power to about 2.7 million utility customers and leaving at least eight people dead in the U.S.Beryl roared ashore near the Texas city of Matagorda as a powerful Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning and pummeled the region with wind gusts higher than 90 mph, a 3-6 foot storm surge and torrential rain.
Damage is widespread, and Acting Texas Gov. Dan Patrick said his request for a Federal Emergency Disaster Declaration has been approved by Pres. Joe Biden.
I've just spoken with President Biden," Patrick said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. "I've requested a federal emergency disaster declaration through FEMA to cover all costs for Category A (Debris) and Category B (Emergency Protective Measures). FEMA's assistance with these costs will expedite the recovery process and help ensure the safety of Texans impacted by Hurricane Beryl. The president granted my request."
The storm also spawned numerous tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas as it continued to advance inland.
And the danger isn't over in Texas.
Temperatures are expected to soar on Tuesday, with feels-like temperatures well above 100 degrees in many areas hit hard by the storm. The National Weather Service office in Houston issued a Heat Advisory for the region because of the widespread power outages and lack of air conditioning that will have people scrambling to find ways to stay cool.
The city of Houston has opened numerous cooling centers for people to cool off and prevent the potentially deadly effects of heat-related illnesses such as heatstroke and heat exhaustion.
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